Unionopterus Chernyshev 1948 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Adelophthalmidae

Full reference: B.I. Chernyshev. 1948. New representative of merostomata from the Lower Carboniferous. Kievski Gos., Universitet Insititutim T. G. Shevchenko, Geologicheskii Sbornik 2:119-130

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2020

Sister taxa: Adelophthalmus, Selkiepterella, Weidopterus

Subtaxa: Unionopterus anastasiae

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Type: Unionopterus anastasiae

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Unionopterus unit (Carboniferous of Kazakhstan)

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