Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Moselopteridae

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: Moselopteridae according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2010

See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Stoermeropterus, Vinetopterus

Subtaxa: Moselopterus ancylotelson Moselopterus elongatus

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Type: Moselopterus ancylotelson

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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

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