Stylonurus shaffneri Willard 1933 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Stylonuridae

Tetlie (2008) considered it doubtfully assigned to the genus Stylonurus and indicated it was an enigmatic stylonurid. The specimen is apparently lost.

Full reference: B. Willard. 1933. A new Chemung eurypterid from Pennsylvania. American Midland Naturalist 14(1):52-57

Belongs to Stylonurus according to B. Willard 1933

Sister taxa: Stylonurus powriensis, Stylonurus ruedemanni

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chemung eurypterid (Devonian of Pennsylvania)

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