Holmipterus Kjellesvig-Waering 1979 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Carcinosomatidae

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carcinosoma, Cruinnopterus, Eocarcinosoma, Eusarcana, Rhinocarcinosoma

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Hogklint Group, Unit D, at Visby (Silurian of Sweden)

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