Paraeurypterus Lamsdell et al. 2013 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida

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: Eurypteroidea according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2013

See also Dunlop et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Erieopteridae, Eurypteridae, Pentlandopterus, Strobilopteridae

Subtaxa: Paraeurypterus anatoliensis

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Type: Paraeurypterus anatoliensis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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

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