Cyrtoctenus Stormer and Waterston 1968 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Hibbertopteridae

Parent taxon: Hibbertopteridae according to S.J. Braddy et al. 2023

See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lamsdell et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Campylocephalus, Hastimima, Hibbertopterus

Subtaxa: Cyrtoctenus bambachi Cyrtoctenus caledonicus Cyrtoctenus dewalquei Cyrtoctenus dicki Cyrtoctenus ostraviensis Cyrtoctenus peachi Cyrtoctenus wittebergensis

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Type: Cyrtoctenus peachi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of South Africa (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Virginia)

• Devonian of Belgium (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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