Moselopteridae are an extinct

family Family (from la, familia) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its ...

eurypterid Eurypterids, often informally called sea scorpions, are a group of extinct arthropods that form the Order (biology), order Eurypterida. The earliest known eurypterids date to the Darriwilian stage of the Ordovician period 467.3 Myr, million yea ...

s. It is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Moselopteroidea, and contains three

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Moselopterus ''Moselopterus'' is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Devonian period in Europe. The genus contains three species, ''M. ancylotelson'' and ''M. elongatus'' from Germany and ''M. lancmani'' from Latvia.Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, ...

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Vinetopterus ''Vinetopterus'' is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Devonian period in Europe classified as part of the Moselopteridae family. The genus contains two species, both from Germany: ''V. struvei'' and ''V. martini''.Dunlop, J. A., Penney ...

''.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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Eurypterina Devonian animals Silurian animals Prehistoric arthropod families {{eurypterid-stub

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