Eurypterida - Alkenopteridae

Full reference: L. Størmer. 1974. Arthropods from the Lower Devonian (Lower Emsian) of Alken an der Mosel, Germany; Part 4, Eurypterida, Drepanopteridae, and other groups . Senckenbergiana Lethaea 54(5-6):359-451

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Alkenopterus brevitelson

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Alken #3, Nellen Koepfchen Beds, Germany (Devonian of Germany)

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