Eurypterida - Dolichopteridae

Full reference: J. C. Lamsdell, I. Hosgor, and P. A. Selden. 2013. A new Ordovician eurypterid (Arthropoda: Chelicerata) from southeast Turkey: evidence for a cryptic Ordovician record of Eurypterida. Gondwana Research 23:354-366

Parent taxon: Dolichopteridae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025

See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Lamsdell et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Clarkeipterus, Dolichopterus, Malongia, Pentlandopterus, Ruedemannipterus

Subtaxa: Paraeurypterus anatoliensis

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Type: Paraeurypterus anatoliensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zap Valley, northwest of Cukurca (Ordovician of Türkiye)

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