Woodwardopterus Kjellesvig-Waering 1959 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Mycteropidae

Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1959. A taxonomic review of some late Paleozoic Eurypterida . Journal of Paleontology 33(2):251-256

Parent taxon: Mycteropidae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Kjellesvig-Waering 1959, Lamsdell et al. 2010, Poschmann and Rozefelds 2022 and Selden et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Hastimima, Megarachne, Mycterops

Subtaxa: Woodwardopterus freemanorum Woodwardopterus scabrosus

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (1 collection)

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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