Paraeurypterus anatoliensis 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

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

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MTANHMSETR 10-IZ-01-1.. Its type locality is Zap Valley, northwest of Cukurca, which is in a Katian offshore shale in the Sort Tepe Formation of Turkey.

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Zap Valley, northwest of Cukurca

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