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Marsupipterus

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Extinct genus of eurypterids

Marsupipterus
Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Family: †incertae sedis
Genus: †Marsupipterus
Caster & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1955
Type species
Marsupipterus sculpturatus
Caster & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1955

Marsupipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid with an uncertain classification. The genus contains one species, Marsupipterus sculpturatus, from the Silurian of England.

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References

  1. Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).
Taxon identifiers
Marsupipterus


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