Eurypterus sellardsi Dunbar 1924 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Eurypteridae

Full reference: C. O. Dunbar. 1924. Taxonomic descriptions, in Kansas Permian insects: Part 1. The geologic occurrence and the environment of the insects, with a description of a new paleodictyopterid. The American Journal of Science, Fifth Series 7(39):170-209

Belongs to Eurypterus according to C. O. Dunbar 1924

See also Kjellesvig-Waering 1958 and van Oyen 1956

Sister taxa: Eurypterus (Adelophthalmus), Eurypterus (Anthraconectes), Eurypterus cephalaspis, Eurypterus dekayi, Eurypterus flintstonensis, Eurypterus hankeni, Eurypterus henningsmoeni, Eurypterus laculatus, Eurypterus lacustris, Eurypterus leopoldi, Eurypterus loi, Eurypterus obesus, Eurypterus oklahomensis, Eurypterus ornatus, Eurypterus pittsfordensis, Eurypterus punctatus, Eurypterus quebecensis, Eurypterus raniceps, Eurypterus remipes, Eurypterus scouleri, Eurypterus serratus, Eurypterus styliformis, Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus, Eurypterus yangi

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Eurypterus sellardsi in the database

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