†Unionopterus Chernyshev 1948 (eurypterid)
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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
Type: Unionopterus anastasiae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Unionopterus unit (Carboniferous of Kazakhstan)
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