Pentlandopterus minor Laurie 1899 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida

Alternative combination: Eurypterus minor

Full reference: M. Laurie. 1899. On a Silurian scorpion and some additional eurypterid remains from the Pentland Hills. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 39:575-590

Belongs to Pentlandopterus according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2013

See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Laurie 1899 and Tetlie 2006

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gutterford Burn Eurypterid bed, Pentland Hills, which is in a Telychian offshore sandstone in the Reservoir Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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