†Brachyopterella Kjellesvig-Waering 1966 (eurypterid)
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Alternative spelling: Brachopterella
Full reference: E.N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1966. A revision of the families and genera of the Stylonuracea (Eurypterida) . Fieldiana: Geology 14:169-197
Parent taxon: Brachyopterellidae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Lamsdell et al. 2010 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Leiopterella, Rhenopterinae, Rhenopterus, Stylonuroides, Kiaeropterus
Subtaxa: Brachyopterella pentagonalis
Type: Stylonurus pentagonalis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Silurian of Norway (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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