Pruemopterus salgadoi Poschmann 2021 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Holotype and only specimen. PWL2014/5186-LS a, b, part and counterpart, Landessammlung fr Naturkunde Rheinland-Pfalz, Mainz, currently housed at the Generaldirektion Kulturelles Erbe, Direktion Landesarchologie/Erdgeschichte, Koblenz, Germany

Full reference: M.J. Poschmann. 2021. A new sea scorpion (Arthropoda, Eurypterida) from the Early Devonian of Willwerath (Rhineland‑Palatinate, SW Germany). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 95:17-26

Belongs to Pruemopterus according to M.J. Poschmann 2021

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PWL2014/5186-LS a, b,

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Willwerath (Mainz collection) (Devonian of Germany)

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