Eurypterus obesus Woodward 1869 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Full reference: H. Woodward. 1869. Fourth Report on the Structure and Classification of the Fossil Crustacea. Report of the Thirty-Eighth Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (Norwich, 1868) 72-75

Belongs to Eurypterus according to H. Woodward 1869

Sister taxa: Eurypterus (Adelophthalmus), Eurypterus (Anthraconectes), Eurypterus cephalaspis, Eurypterus dekayi, Eurypterus flintstonensis, Eurypterus hankeni, Eurypterus henningsmoeni, Eurypterus laculatus, Eurypterus lacustris, Eurypterus leopoldi, Eurypterus loi, 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

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eurypterus obesus in the database

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