Moselopteridae are an extinct
family of
eurypterids. It is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Moselopteroidea, and contains three
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
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Moselopterus'', ''
Stoermeropterus
''Stoermeropterus'' is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Silurian period in Europe and North America classified as part of the Moselopteridae family. The genus contains three species, ''S. conicus'' and ''S. latus'' from Ringerike, Nor ...
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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 ...
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[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
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List of eurypterids
This list of eurypterid genera is a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the order Eurypterida, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera that are now conside ...
References
Eurypterina
Devonian animals
Silurian animals
Prehistoric arthropod families
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