Biology:Grossopterus
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Short description: Extinct genus of sea scorpions
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| Fossil carapace of G. inexpectans | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Waeringopteroidea |
| Family: | †Waeringopteridae |
| Genus: | †Grossopterus Størmer, 1934 |
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Grossopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Waeringopteridae. The genus contains two species, G. inexpectans from Gilboa, United States and G. overathi from Overath, Germany .[1]
See also
- List of eurypterids
References
- ↑ Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).
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Wikidata ☰ Q5610615 entry
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