Eurypterida - Hibbertopteridae
originally Eurypterus (?) Dewalquei Fraipont 1889; Kjellesvig-Waering (1948, 1958) tentatively assigned to Adelophthalmus; Tetlie and Van Roy accept assignment to Cyrtoctenus
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Full reference: J. Fraipont. 1889. Euryptérides nouveaux du Dévonien supérieur de Belgique (Psammites du Condroz). Annales de la Société Géologique de Belgique 17:53-62
Belongs to Cyrtoctenus according to S.J. Braddy et al. 2023
See also Størmer and Waterston 1968
Sister taxa: Cyrtoctenus bambachi, Cyrtoctenus caledonicus, Cyrtoctenus dicki, Cyrtoctenus ostraviensis, Cyrtoctenus peachi, Cyrtoctenus wittebergensis
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eurypterids at Pont-de-Bonne-Modave (Devonian of Belgium)
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