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†Eurypterus De Kay 1825 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Synonym: Baltoeurypterus Størmer 1973

Parent taxon: Eurypteridae according to O. E. Tetlie 2006

See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Guthörl 1934, Sepkoski 2002, Størmer 1955 and Tetlie 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Eurypterus (Adelophthalmus) Eurypterus (Anthraconectes) Eurypterus cephalaspis Eurypterus dekayi Eurypterus flintstonensis Eurypterus hankeni Eurypterus henningsmoeni Eurypterus laculatus Eurypterus lacustris Eurypterus leopoldi Eurypterus loi Eurypterus obesus Eurypterus oklahomensis Eurypterus ornatus Eurypterus pittsfordensis Eurypterus punctatus Eurypterus quebecensis Eurypterus raniceps Eurypterus remipes Eurypterus scouleri Eurypterus sellardsi Eurypterus serratus Eurypterus styliformis Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus Eurypterus yangi

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Type: Eurypterus remipes

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Germany (1 collection)

• Devonian of Norway (1)

• Silurian of Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec), China (1), Estonia (2), Norway (6), the Russian Federation (1), Sweden (2), Ukraine (5), the United Kingdom (4), United States (18: Maryland, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia)

Total: 45 collections including 50 occurrences

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