Biology:Strobilopteridae

Short description: Extinct genus of Devonian plants

Strobilopteridae Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossils of Strobilopterus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Eurypteroidea
Family:	†Strobilopteridae Lamsdell & Selden, 2013
Genera
Buffalopterus Strobilopterus

Strobilopteridae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods. The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Eurypteroidea (along with Dolichopteridae and Eurypteridae), which in turn is one of the superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Eurypterina. The family contains two genera, Buffalopterus and Strobilopterus.

Strobilopterids were eurypterines with semicircular carapaces, a short appendage VI that barely projected from beneath the carapace, ornamentation on the carapace radiating from the lateral eyes and curving around the margins of the carapace and a row of angular scales across the posterior of the tergites on the metasoma.

See also

• List of eurypterids

References

Wikidata ☰ Q48848824 entry