Biology:Pentlandopterus
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Short description: Extinct genus of sea scorpions
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Suborder: | †Eurypterina |
| Superfamily: | †Eurypteroidea |
| Genus: | †Pentlandopterus Lamsdell, Hoşgör & Selden, 2013 |
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| †Pentlandopterus minor Laurie, 1899
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Pentlandopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Late Ordovician period. The genus contains one species, P. minor, known from the Pentland Hills in Scotland. Classified as part of the Eurypteroidea superfamily, it has not yet been possible to classify it as part of any particular family.[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 ☰ Q48813108 entry
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