†Melbournopterus Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1953 (lamp shell)
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Full reference: K. E. Caster and E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1953. Melbournopterus, a new Silurian eurypterid from Australia. Journal of Paleontology 27:153-156
Parent taxon: Craniata according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2013
See also Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering 1953 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Craniida, Craniopsida, Patella ottomana
Subtaxa: Melbournopterus crossotus
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality 41, Heathcote (Silurian of Australia)
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