Biology:Dunsopterus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Mycteropoidea |
| Family: | †Hibbertopteridae |
| Genus: | †Hibbertopterus Waterston, 1968 |
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| †Dunsopterus stevensoni Etheridge Jr, 1877
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Dunsopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Hibbertopteridae.[1] The genus contains one species, D. stevensoni, from the Carboniferous of Berwickshire, Scotland.[2]
Dunsopterus may be congeneric with Cyrtoctenus. Dunsopterus is known from very fragmentary material, mainly sclerites which have little diagnostic potential and are poorly known in Cyrtoctenus. Both genera are only known from remains of very large individuals.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Jeram, A. J.; Selden, P. A. (2011). "Eurypterids from the Viséan of East Kirkton, West Lothian, Scotland". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 84 (3–4): 301. doi:10.1017/S0263593300006118.
- ↑ 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).
See also
- List of eurypterids
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Wikidata ☰ Q5315695 entry
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