Ciurcopterus Tetlie and Briggs 2009 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Ciurcopteridae

Full reference: O. E. Tetlie and D. E. Briggs. 2009. The origin of pterygotid eurypterids (Chelicerata: Eurypterida). Palaeontology 52(5):1141-1148

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

See also Dunlop et al. 2020

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Ciurcopterus sarlei Ciurcopterus ventricosus

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Type: Ciurcopterus ventricosus

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Pittsford Shale, Pittsford, New York (Silurian of New York)

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