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eurypterids, such as the pterygotids, would even have been physically unable to walk on land), it is unlikely the "gill tract" contained functional gills when comparing the organ to gills in other invertebrates and even fish. Previous interpretations often identified the eurypterid "gills" as homologous with those of other groups (hence the terminology), with gas exchange occurring within the spongy tract and a pattern of branchio-cardiac and dendritic veins (as in related groups) carrying oxygenated blood into the body. The primary analogy used in previous studies has been horseshoe crabs, though their gill structure and that of eurypterids are remarkably different. In horseshoe crabs, the gills are more complex and composed of many lamellae (plates) which give a larger surface area used for gas exchange. In addition, the gill tract of eurypterids is proportionally much too small to support them if it is analogous to the gills of other groups. To be functional gills, they would have to have been highly efficient and would have required a highly efficient circulatory system. It is considered unlikely, however, that these factors would be enough to explain the large discrepancy between gill tract size and body size.
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a taxonomical standpoint since they only occurred in two general types: a eurypterid type with small and toothless pincers and a pterygotid type with large pincers and teeth. This distinction has historically been used to divide the Eurypterida into the two suborders Eurypterina (small chelicerae) and "Pterygotina" (large and powerful chelicerae). This classification scheme is not without problems. In Victor Tollerton's 1989 taxonomic revision of the Eurypterida, with suborders Eurypterina and Pterygotina recognized, several clades of eurypterids today recognized as stylonurines (including hibbertopterids and mycteroptids) were reclassified as non-eurypterids in the new separate order "Cyrtoctenida" on the grounds of perceived inconsistencies in the prosomal appendages.
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shape and position of the eyes, the types of prosomal appendages, the types of swimming leg paddles, the structure of the doublure (the fringe of the dorsal exoskeleton), the structure of the opithosoma, the structure of the genital appendages, the shape of the telson and the type of ornamentation present. It is worth noting that not all of these characters are of equal taxonomic importance. They are not applicable to all eurypterids either; stylonurine eurypterids lack swimming leg paddles entirely. Some characters, including the prosoma and metastoma shapes and the position and shapes of the eyes, are seen as important only for the distinction between different genera. Most superfamilies and families are defined based on the morphology of the appendages.
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members of the same suborder. In the Stylonurina, the sixth pair of appendages is represented by long and slender walking legs and lack a modified spine (referred to as the podomere 7a). In most eurypterids in the Eurypterina, the sixth pair of appendages is broadened into swimming paddles and always has a podomere 7a. 75% of eurypterid species are eurypterines and they represent 99% of all fossil eurypterid specimens. Of all eurypterid clades, the Pterygotioidea is the most species-rich, with over 50 species. The second most species-rich clade is the Adelophthalmoidea, with over 40 species.
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Entomostraca, by later researchers such as John Sterling Kinsgsley. In subsequent research, Gigantostraca has been treated as synonymous with Merostomata (rarely) and Eurypterida itself (more commonly). A phylogenetic analysis (the results presented in a cladogram below) conducted by James Lamsdell in 2013 on the relationships within the Xiphosura and the relations to other closely related groups (including the eurypterids, which were represented in the analysis by genera
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classified the Merostomata (containing virtually only the Eurypterida) and Xiphosura within a group he named Gigantostraca within the crustaceans. Though Haeckel did not designate any taxonomic rank for this clade, it was interpreted as equivalent to the rank of subclass, such as the Malacostraca and
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called Merostomata (erected to house both groups by Henry Woodward in 1866). Though xiphosurans (like the eurypterids) were historically seen as crustaceans due to their respiratory system and their aquatic lifestyle, this hypothesis was discredited after numerous similarities were discovered between
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Stylonurines of the surviving hibbertopterid and mycteroptid families completely avoided competition with fish by evolving towards a new and distinct ecological niche. These families experienced a radiation and diversification through the Late Devonian and Early Carboniferous, the last ever radiation
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measured 36.4 centimeters (14.3 in) in length, but is missing a quarter of its length, suggesting that the full chelicera would have been 45.5 centimeters (17.9 in) long. If the proportions between body length and chelicerae match those of its closest relatives, where the ratio between claw
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Modern research favors a classification into suborders Eurypterina and Stylonurina instead, supported by phylogenetic analyses. In particular, pterygotid eurypterids share a number of homologies with derived eurypterine eurypterids such as the adelophthalmids, and are thus best classified as derived
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The most important character used in eurypterid taxonomy is the type of prosomal appendages as this character is used to define entire suborders. General leg anatomy can also be used to define superfamilies and families. Historically, the chelicerae were considered the most important appendages from
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is known from the terminal Permian of Australia, which represents the youngest known eurypterid. No eurypterids are known from fossil beds higher than the Permian. This indicates that the last eurypterids died either in the catastrophic extinction event at its end or at some point shortly before it.
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and Waeringopteridae). The eurypterines experienced their most major declines in the Early Devonian, during which over 50% of their diversity was lost in just 10 million years. Stylonurines, on the other hand, persisted through the period with more or less consistent diversity and abundance but were
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where the type A appendage is divided into three but the type B appendage into only two. Such division of the genital appendage is common in eurypterids, but the number is not universal; for instance, the appendages of both types in the family Pterygotidae are undivided. The type A appendage is also
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due to a matching size (the trackmaker was estimated to have been about 1.6 meters (5.2 ft) long) and inferred leg anatomy. It is the largest terrestrial trackway—measuring 6 meters (20 ft) long and averaging 95 centimeters (3.12 ft) in width—made by an arthropod found thus far. It is
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The cladogram presented below, covering all currently recognized eurypterid families, follows a 2007 study by O. Erik Tetlie. The stylonurine suborder follows a 2010 study by James Lamsdell, Simon J. Braddy and Tetlie. The superfamily "Megalograptoidea", recognized by Tetlie in 2007 and then placed
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Only three eurypterid families—Adelophthalmidae, Hibbertopteridae and Mycteroptidae—survived the extinction event in its entirety. We used to think that these were all freshwater animals, which would have rendered the eurypterids extinct in marine environments., and with marine eurypterid predators
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Though stylonurine eurypterids generally remained rare and low in number, as had been the case during the preceding Ordovician, eurypterine eurypterids experienced a rapid rise in diversity and number. In most Silurian fossil beds, eurypterine eurypterids account for 90% of all eurypterids present.
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on the type A appendages may have aided in breaking open the spermatophore to release the free sperm inside for uptake. The "horn organs," possibly spermathecae, are thought to have been connected directly to the appendage via tracts, but these supposed tracts remain unpreserved in available fossil
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that possessed the chelicera in question would have measured between 233 and 259 centimeters (7.64 and 8.50 ft), an average 2.5 meters (8.2 ft), in length. With the chelicerae extended, another meter (3.28 ft) would be added to this length. This estimate exceeds the maximum body size
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The internal classification of eurypterids within the Eurypterida is based mainly on eleven established characters. These have been used throughout the history of eurypterid research to establish clades and genera. These characters include: the shape of the prosoma, the shape of the metastoma, the
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Historically, a close relationship between eurypterids and xiphosurans (such as the modern Atlantic horseshoe crab) has been assumed by most researchers. Several homologies encourage this view, such as correlating segments of the appendages and the prosoma. Additionally, the presence of plate-like
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and contains the genital aperature. The underside of this segment is occupied by the genital operculum, a structure originally evolved from ancestral seventh and eighth pair of appendages. In its center, as in modern horseshoe crabs, is a genital appendage. This appendage, an elongated rod with an
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members of the Pterygotioidea, the appendages were completely without spines, but had specialized claws instead. Other eurypterids, lacking these specialized appendages, likely fed in a manner similar to modern horseshoe crabs, by grabbing and shredding food with their appendages before pushing it
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During the Late Silurian the pterygotid eurypterids, large and specialized forms with several new adaptations, such as large and flattened telsons capable of being used as rudders, and large and specialized chelicerae with enlarged pincers for handling (and potentially in some cases killing) prey
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was a relatively derived eurypterid, part of the megalograptid family within the carcinosomatoid superfamily. Its derived position suggests that most eurypterid clades, at least within the eurypterine suborder, had already been established at this point during the Middle Ordovician. The earliest
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rather than to serve as an ovipositor, as arthropod ovipositors are generally longer than eurypterid type A appendages. By rotating the sides of the operculum, it would have been possible to lower the appendage from the body. Due to the way different plates overlay at its location, the appendage
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Some researchers have suggested that eurypterids may have been adapted to an amphibious lifestyle, using the full gill tract structure as gills and the invaginations within it as pseudotrachea. This mode of life may not have been physiologically possible, however, since water pressure would have
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was widespread, living primarily in brackish and freshwater environments adjacent to coastal plains. These environments were maintained by favorable climate conditions. They did not persist as climate changes owing to Pangaea's formation altered depositional and vegetational patterns across the
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received from males. This would imply that the type A appendage is the female morph and the type B appendage is the male. Further evidence for the type A appendages representing the female morph of genital appendages comes in their more complex construction (a general trend for female arthropod
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is referred to as a "gill tract", it may not necessarily have functioned as actual gills. In other animals, gills are used for oxygen uptake from water and are outgrowths of the body wall. Despite eurypterids clearly being primarily aquatic animals that almost certainly evolved underwater (some
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As in many other entirely extinct groups, understanding and researching the reproduction and sexual dimorphism of eurypterids is difficult, as they are only known from fossilized shells and carapaces. In some cases, there might not be enough apparent differences to separate the sexes based on
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No fossil gut contents from eurypterids are known, so direct evidence of their diet is lacking. The eurypterid biology is particularly suggestive of a carnivorous lifestyle. Not only were many large (in general, most predators tend to be larger than their prey), but they had
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crawled with an exceptionally slow speed, at least on land. The large telson was dragged along the ground and left a large central groove behind the animal. Slopes in the tracks at random intervals suggest that the motion was jerky. The gait of smaller stylonurines, such as
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in which all eurypterid species thus far recovered from fossil deposits there were discussed. Clarke and Ruedemann created one of the first phylogenetic trees of eurypterids, dividing the order into two families; Eurypteridae (distinguished by smooth eyes and including
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Type B appendages, assumed male, would have produced, stored and perhaps shaped spermatophore in a heart-shaped structure on the dorsal surface of the appendage. A broad genital opening would have allowed large amounts of spermatophore to be released at once. The long
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internal duct, is found in two distinct morphs, generally referred to as "type A" and "type B". These genital appendages are often preserved prominently in fossils and have been the subject of various interpretations of eurypterid reproduction and sexual dimorphism.
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and horseshoe crabs (seen as especially decisive as the eye of the horseshoe crab was seen as possessing an almost unique structure) and similarities in the ontogeny within both groups. These ontogenetical similarities were seen as most apparent when studying the
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It is possible that the catastrophic extinction patterns seen in the eurypterine suborder were related to the emergence of more derived fish. Eurypterine decline began at the point when jawless fish first became more developed and coincides with the emergence of
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and Laurentia), which had been completely colonized by the genus during its merging and was unable to cross the vast expanses of ocean separating this continent from other parts of the world, such as the southern supercontinent Gondwana. As such,
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added considerably to the knowledge and discussion of eurypterid anatomy and relations. He focused on how the eurypterids related to each other and to trilobites, crustaceans, scorpions, other arachnids and horseshoe crabs. The description of
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or the median abdominal appendage) protruded. This appendage, often preserved very prominently, has consistently been interpreted as part of the reproductive system and occurs in two recognized types, assumed to correspond to male and female.
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surface of the opisthosoma itself, which contained the respiratory organs. The second to sixth opisthosomal segments also contained oval or triangular organs that have been interpreted as organs that aid in respiration. These organs, termed
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the first record of land locomotion by a eurypterid. The trackway provides evidence that some eurypterids could survive in terrestrial environments, at least for short periods of time, and reveals information about the stylonurine gait. In
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and Eurypteroidea, has been omitted as more recent studies suggest that the megalograptids were members of the superfamily Carcinosomatoidea. As such, the phylogeny of the Carcinosomatoidea follows a 2015 study by Lamsdell and colleagues.
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measured 1.75 meters (5.7 ft), were gigantic. Several different contributing factors to the large size of the pterygotids have been suggested, including courtship behaviour, predation and competition over environmental resources.
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The appendages of opisthosomal segments 1 and 2 (the seventh and eighth segments overall) were fused into a structure termed the genital operculum, occupying most of the underside of the opisthosomal segment 2. Near the
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became the most common of all late Paleozoic eurypterids, existing in greater number and diversity than surviving stylonurines, and diversified in the absence of other eurypterines. Out of the 33 species referred to
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from the Carboniferous of New Mexico concluded that the habitat of some eurypterids "may need to be re-evaluated". The sole surviving eurypterine family, Adelophthalmidae, was represented by only a single genus,
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of all other known giant arthropods by almost half a meter (1.64 ft) even if the extended chelicerae are not included. Two other eurypterids have also been estimated to have reached lengths of 2.5 metres;
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saw an additional five families going extinct. As marine groups were the most affected, the eurypterids were primarily impacted within the eurypterine suborder. Only one group of stylonurines (the family
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In addition to the lightweight giant eurypterids, some deep-bodied forms in the family Hibbertopteridae were also very large. A carapace from the Carboniferous of Scotland referred to the species
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Poschmann, Markus; Rozefelds, Andrew (2021-11-30). "The last eurypterid – a southern high-latitude record of sweep-feeding sea scorpion from Australia constrains the timing of their extinction".
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but not including all descendants of this ancestor) and thus not a valid phylogenetic group. Eurypterids were recovered as closely related to arachnids instead of xiphosurans, forming the group
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The eurypterid prosoma is made up of the first six exoskeleton segments fused together into a larger structure. The seventh segment (thus the first opisthosomal segment) is referred to as the
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itself, were active apex predators in Late Silurian marine ecosystems. The pterygotids were also evidently capable of crossing oceans, becoming one of only two eurypterid groups to achieve a
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associated with type B appendages, perhaps capable of being lowered like the type A appendage, could have been used to detect whether a substrate was suitable for spermatophore deposition.
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The underside of the opisthosoma was covered in structures evolved from modified opisthosomal appendages. Throughout the opisthosoma, these structures formed plate-like structures termed
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The prosoma also bore six pairs of appendages which are usually referred to as appendage pairs I to VI. The first pair of appendages, the only pair placed before the mouth, is called the
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As such, the exact eurypterid time of origin remains unknown. Though fossils referred to as "primitive eurypterids" have occasionally been described from deposits of Cambrian or even
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was very wide compared to its length, the animal in question could possibly have measured just short of 2 meters (6.6 ft) in length. More robust than the pterygotids, this giant
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Kues, Barry S.; Kietzke, Kenneth K. (1981). "A Large Assemblage of a New Eurypterid from the Red Tanks Member, Madera Formation (Late Pennsylvanian-Early Permian) of New Mexico".
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preserves the largest eurypterid footprints known to date with the found tracks each being about 7.6 centimeters (3.0 in) in diameter. Other eurypterid ichnogenera include
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The fossil record of Ordovician eurypterids is quite poor. The majority of eurypterids once reportedly known from the Ordovician have since proven to be misidentifications or
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Though some were likely already present by the Late Ordovician (simply missing from the fossil record so far), a vast majority of eurypterid groups are first recorded in
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associated with the type A appendages is a set of organs traditionally described as either "tubular organs" or "horn organs". These organs are most often interpreted as
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roles would have been limited to the very largest eurypterids, smaller eurypterids were likely formidable predators in their own right just like their larger relatives.
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track). Such trackways have been discovered on every continent except for South America. In some places where eurypterid fossil remains are otherwise rare, such as in
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age, they are not recognized as eurypterids, and sometimes not even as related forms, today. Some animals previously seen as primitive eurypterids, such as the genus
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Preserved fossilized eurypterid trackways tend to be large and heteropodous and often have an associated telson drag mark along the mid-line (as with the Scottish
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Until 1882 no eurypterids were known from before the Silurian. Contemporary discoveries since the 1880s have expanded the knowledge of early eurypterids from the
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Giant eurypterids were not limited to the family Pterygotidae. An isolated 12.7 centimeters (5.0 in) long fossil metastoma of the carcinosomatoid eurypterid
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Ortega-HernĂĄndez, Javier; Legg, David A.; Braddy, Simon J. (2012). "The phylogeny of aglaspidid arthropods and the internal relationships within Artiopoda".
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by Gerhard Holm in 1896 was so elaborate that the species became one of the most completely known of all extinct animals, so much so that the knowledge of
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A major decline in diversity had already begun during the Early Devonian and eurypterids were rare in marine environments by the Late Devonian. During the
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would have been impossible to move without muscular contractions moving around the operculum. It would have been kept in place when not it use. The
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to the fangs of spiders). They were equipped with small pincers used to manipulate food fragments and push them into the mouth. In one lineage, the
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in 1894, classified the Merostomata as a sister group to the Arachnida under the class "Acerata" within a subphylum "Branchiata". Others, such as
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Though the eurypterids continued to be abundant and diversify during the Early Devonian (for instance leading to the evolution of the pterygotid
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affected during the Late Devonian, when many of the older groups were replaced by new forms in the families Mycteroptidae and Hibbertopteridae.
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morphology alone. Sometimes two sexes of the same species have been interpreted as two different species, as was the case with two species of
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The most important taxonomic character in eurypterids is the morphology of the sixth pair of appendages. In most eurypterids of the suborder
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Eurypterids were most diverse and abundant between the Middle Silurian and the Early Devonian, with an absolute peak in diversity during the
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Type A appendages are generally longer than those of type B. In some genera they are divided into different numbers of sections, such as in
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indicates the animal would have reached a length of 2.2 meters (7.2 ft) in life, rivalling the pterygotids in size. Another giant was
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within the eurypterids, which gave rise to several new forms capable of "sweep-feeding" (raking through the substrate in search of prey).
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Poschmann, Markus; Tetlie, O. Erik (2004). "On the Emsian (Early Devonian) arthropods of the Rhenish Slate Mountains: 4. The eurypterids
2269: 1003:. In contrast, a number of stylonurines had elongated and powerful legs that might have allowed them to walk on land (similar to modern 3294: 1472: 4805:"Selectivity in the evolution of Palaeozoic arthropod groups, with focus on mass extinctions and radiations: A phylogenetic approach" 2475:). The description also helped solidify the close relationship between the eurypterids and other chelicerates by showcasing numerous 931:
would possibly have rivalled the largest pterygotids in weight, if not surpassed them, and as such be among the heaviest arthropods.
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The primary function of the long, assumed female, type A appendages was likely to take up spermatophore from the substrate into the
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was opened through the thin cuticle between the last segment before the telson and the telson itself, as in modern horseshoe crabs.
7102:"All the better to see you with: eyes and claws reveal the evolution of divergent ecological roles in giant pterygotid eurypterids" 6987:
Selectivity in the evolution of Palaeozoic arthropod groups, with focus on mass extinctions and radiations: a phylogenetic approach
1769:), are likely to represent the first truly successful eurypterid group, experiencing a small radiation during the Late Ordovician. 1212:. Instead, among arthropod respiratory organs, the eurypterid gill tracts most closely resemble the pseudotracheae found in modern 632:, the posteriormost division of the body, which in most species took the form of a blade-like shape. In some lineages, notably the 7560:
Tetlie, O. Erik; Cuggy, Michael B. (2007). "Phylogeny of the basal swimming eurypterids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Eurypterina)".
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persisted longer. A massive incomplete carapace from Permian deposits in Russia represents the sole fossil remains of the species
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in the type B appendage is also possible and the structure may represent the unfused tips of the appendages. Located between the
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Braddy, Simon J.; Almond, John E. (1999). "Eurypterid trackways from the Table Mountain Group (Ordovician) of South Africa".
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Mycteroptids and hibbertopterids continued to survive for some time, with one genus of each group known from Permian strata:
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had already been relatively widespread and represented around all major landmasses in the Late Devonian, the amalgamation of
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accounts for more than 90% of all known eurypterid specimens. Though the group continued to diversify during the subsequent
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appeared. Though the largest members of the family appeared in the Devonian, large two meter (6.5+ ft) pterygotids such as
1857:) account for more than 90% (perhaps as many as 95%) of all known fossil eurypterid specimens. Despite their vast number, 1430:
Eurypterid coprolites discovered in deposits of Ordovician age in Ohio containing fragments of a trilobite and eurypterid
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was discovered in Carboniferous-aged fossil deposits of Scotland in 2005. It was attributed to the stylonurine eurypterid
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order. Following their appearance during the Ordovician, eurypterids became major components of marine faunas during the
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published his view on trilobite taxonomy and how the group related to other organisms, living and extinct, in the work
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Kjellesvig-Waering, Erik N. (1964). "A Synopsis of the Family Pterygotidae Clarke and Ruedemann, 1912 (Eurypterida)".
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in 1909, went further and classified the Merostomata as a subclass within the Arachnida, raised to the rank of class.
8914: 8499: 6521: 6408: 2019: 1838: 2244: 2065:, 23 (69%) are from the Carboniferous alone. The genus reached its peak diversity in the Late Carboniferous. Though 1732:. The aglaspidids, once seen as primitive chelicerates, are now seen as a group more closely related to trilobites. 470: 7714:
Tollerton, Victor P. (1989). "Morphology, Taxonomy, and Classification of the Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843".
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examined the fossil and recognized it as clearly belonging to an arthropod. He thought the fossil, which he named
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In eurypterids, the respiratory organs were located on the ventral body wall (the underside of the opisthosoma).
644:, the telson was flattened and may have been used as a rudder while swimming. Some genera within the superfamily 7669:
Tetlie, O. Erik; Briggs, Derek E. G. (2009). "The origin of pterygotid eurypterids (Chelicerata: Eurypterida)".
2232: 1976:) went extinct in the Early Devonian. Only two families of eurypterines survived into the Late Devonian at all ( 614:(claws). The subsequent pairs of appendages, numbers II to VI, possessed gnathobases (or "tooth-plates") on the 456: 8934: 8517: 8507: 8461: 6708:"Cope's Rule and Romer's theory: patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates" 1434:
in association with full specimens of the same eurypterid species have been suggested to represent evidence of
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It has been suggested instead that the "gill tract" was an organ for breathing air, perhaps actually being a
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age (~283-267 million years ago) for the specimen. A fragment of eurypterid cuticle, given the species name
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were already present during the Late Silurian. Their ecology ranged from generalized predatory behavior to
482:), meaning 'wing', referring to the pair of wide swimming appendages present in many members of the group. 7100:
McCoy, Victoria E.; Lamsdell, James C.; Poschmann, Markus; Anderson, Ross P.; Briggs, Derek E. G. (2015).
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Due to these similarities, the xiphosurans and eurypterids have often been united under a single class or
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Eurypterids were highly variable in size, depending on factors such as lifestyle, living environment and
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and Gondwana. The Laurentian predators, classified in the family Megalograptidae (comprising the genera
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genitalia). It is possible that the greater length of the type A appendage means that it was used as an
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was present, which would have allowed for short periods of time in terrestrial environments. The name
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Like all arthropods, eurypterids matured and grew through static developmental stages referred to as
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Brezinski, David K.; Kollar, Albert D. (2016). "Reevaluation of the Age and Provenance of the Giant
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Lamsdell, James C.; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Liu, Huaibao; Witzke, Brian J.; McKay, Robert M. (2015).
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Typical of large eurypterids is a lightweight build. Factors such as locomotion, energy costs in
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recorded, and rendered many other successful Paleozoic groups, such as the trilobites, extinct.
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The most frequently observed change occurring through ontogeny (except for some genera, such as
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because the group lived primarily in the waters around and within the ancient supercontinent of
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Woodward, Henry (1865). "On some New Species of Crustacea belonging to the Order Eurypterida".
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Plotnick, Roy E.; Baumiller, Tomasz K. (1988). "The pterygotid telson as a biological rudder".
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Merostomata) but also discussed alternative hypotheses such as a closer relation to arachnids.
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into a global supercontinent over the course of the last two periods of the Paleozoic allowed
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or "gill tracts", would potentially have aided eurypterids to breathe air above water, while
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Lamsdell, James C.; McCoy, Victoria E.; Perron-Feller, Opal A.; Hopkins, Melanie J. (2020).
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The eurypterid order includes the largest known arthropods ever to have lived. The largest,
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Tetlie, O. Erik (2007). "Distribution and dispersal history of Eurypterida (Chelicerata)".
7449: 7355: 7237: 7183: 7010: 6944: 6864: 6811: 6762: 6494: 6457: 6311: 5722: 5667: 4672: 2683: 2386: 2301: 1199: 2433:, and an exhaustive description of the various eurypterids of New York in Volume 3 of the 1127:(though it is likely that many specimens actually represent trackways of crustaceans) and 8: 6800:"The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida)" 3699: 2430: 2426: 1378: 1150: 1037:
The functionality of the eurypterine swimming paddles varied from group to group. In the
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Kjellesvig-Waering, Erik N. (1961). "The Silurian Eurypterida of the Welsh Borderland".
6315: 5726: 5671: 401:, from which the majority of eurypterid species have been described. The Silurian genus 7968: 7939: 7881: 7854: 7841: 7806: 7747: 7739: 7702: 7657: 7585: 7473: 7327: 7290: 7249: 7216: 7146:
Fossil Ecosystems of North America: A Guide to the Sites and their Extraordinary Biotas
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are only known from a relatively short temporal range, first appearing during the Late
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in which the shape of the paddles and their motion through water is enough to generate
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Hemianamorphic direct development has been observed in many arthropod groups, such as
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was limited geographically to the coastlines and shallow inland seas of Euramerica.
8688: 8402: 8394: 8384: 8376: 8356: 8327: 8243: 8192: 7960: 7943: 7921: 7904: 7876: 7866: 7831: 7788: 7780: 7731: 7686: 7649: 7577: 7540: 7457: 7363: 7319: 7274: 7245: 7192: 7121: 7113: 7088: 7063: 7028: 7018: 6962: 6952: 6915: 6872: 6819: 6770: 6753:(Chelicerata: Eurypterida: Stylonurina) from the late Devonian of Portishead, UK". 6727: 6719: 6598: 6569: 6509: 6387: 6352: 6344: 6319: 6280: 5730: 5675: 4464: 4428: 4354: 4247: 4000: 3843: 3718:(top), this leg is modified into a swimming paddle. In eurypterids of the suborder 2487: 2398: 2183: 2147: 2006: 1977: 1973: 1952:. The extinction event, only known to affect marine life (particularly trilobites, 1862: 1827: 1557: 1400: 1246: 1123: 1062: 637: 383: 7278: 6985: 6534:
Experimental Approaches to Understanding Fossil Organisms: Lessons from the Living
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The supposed "gill tracts" of eurypterids have been compared to the air-breathing
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This article is about the order Eurypterida. For the eurypterid family containing
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The first known eurypterid specimen was discovered in the Silurian-aged rocks of
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Lamsdell, James C.; Braddy, Simon J.; Tetlie, O. Erik (2009). "Redescription of
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in 1838, not identified as eurypterids until later), out of those still seen as
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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The largest eurypterid, and the largest known arthropod ever to have lived, is
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Although popularly called "sea scorpions", only the earliest eurypterids were
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than has previously been acknowledged." Similarly, a study of the eurypterid
2028: 1933: 1849:. Thought to have hunted mainly small and soft-bodied invertebrates, such as 1823: 1815: 1803: 1757: 1744: 1699: 1639: 1575: 1512: 1456: 1440: 1419: 1387: 1220:(windpipes) of air-breathing organisms, are lung-like and present within the 1038: 895: 788: 766: 695:
in German). These created a branchial chamber (gill tract) between preceding
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Stainier, 1917 and its position within the Adelophthalmidae Tollerton, 1989"
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as well as eurypterine groups such as the Pterygotioidea, Eurypteroidea and
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period. With approximately 250 species, the Eurypterida is the most diverse
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appendages bearing the "gill tracts" on appendages of the opisthosoma (the
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Kingsley, John Sterling (1894). "The Classification of the Arthropoda".
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Die Organisation der Trilobiten aus ihren lebenden Verwandten entwickelt
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Braddy, Simon J.; Lerner, Allan J; Lucas, Spencer G. (1 February 2023).
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in 1818. He erroneously identified the fossil as an example of the fish
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Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata
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was comparable with the knowledge of its modern relatives (such as the
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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The most successful eurypterid by far was the Middle to Late Silurian
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Studies on a well-preserved fossil assemblage of eurypterids from the
1049:) in which the motion and shape of the paddles are enough to generate 8738: 8722: 8712: 8071: 6219: 5409: 4904: 4688:—an unrelated family of insects, commonly known as "water scorpions". 3538: 3182: 3126: 3044: 2996: 2599: 2591: 2361: 2258: 2237: 2225: 2128: 2101: 1968: 1842: 1740: 1687: 1686:, but these have yet to be thoroughly studied, and are likely to be 1303: 1291: 1280: 1000: 650: 548: 533: 476: 462: 391: 360: 208: 188: 160: 117: 61: 8768: 7926: 7899: 7076: 6553: 5382: 5295: 5259: 1358: 1045:. Larger individuals may have been capable of underwater flying (or 944: 8821: 8791: 8681: 8654: 6602: 6207: 4840: 4691: 2803: 2581: 2371: 2337: 2278: 1964: 1814:
of Silurian age. These include both stylonurine groups such as the
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have been reported from fossils of various eurypterids, among them
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and respiration, as well as the actual physical properties of the
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size estimate is based on trackway evidence, not fossil remains.
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margin of this structure, the genital appendage (also called the
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Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique
6931:"Babes in the wood – a unique window into sea scorpion ontogeny" 5856: 5613: 5611: 5397: 5026: 4378: 2706:(the only monophyletic xiphosuran group) and other stem-genera. 2531:) and Pterygotidae (distinguished by faceted eyes and including 1096:
might have been adjustable by raising and positioning the tail.
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Van Roy, Peter; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Gaines, Robert R. (2015).
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size and body length is relatively consistent, the specimen of
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Lamsdell, James C.; Braddy, Simon J.; Tetlie, O. Erik (2010).
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Eurypterids have historically been seen as closely related to
2208:-like appearance of the carapace. Seven years later, in 1825, 2186:, to this day one of the richest eurypterid fossil locations. 7820:"New trace fossil evidence for eurypterid swimming behaviour" 6331:
Braddy, Simon J.; Poschmann, Markus; Tetlie, O. Erik (2008).
6123: 5976: 5952: 5868: 5623: 5608: 5596: 5065: 4866: 4864: 4862: 4828: 4785: 2678:) concluded that the Xiphosura, as presently understood, was 2642:
the horseshoe crabs and the arachnids. Some authors, such as
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and the eighth segment (distinctly plate-like) is called the
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Verhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg
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Hembree, Daniel I.; Platt, Brian F.; Smith, Jon J. (2014).
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and when the first fossils were discovered by quarrymen in
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The Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences
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Dunlop, Jason A.; Penney, David; Jekel, Denise (2018).
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The fourth eurypterid genus to be described (following
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dwindled in number and had already gone extinct by the
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Eurypterid Trackway, from Elk County, Pennsylvania".
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Tetlie, O. Erik; Poschmann, Markus (1 January 2008).
5567: 5531: 5486: 5474: 5462: 5301: 5218: 5137: 5125: 5101: 4940: 4853: 1643:, the earliest known eurypterid. The family to which 411:
period, the eurypterids were heavily affected by the
8014:– An online resource of eurypterid data and research 6797: 6748: 6213: 5829: 5519: 5265: 5235: 5002: 4990: 4978: 4928: 4811: 4714: 4648: 1082:, containing the largest eurypterid footprints known 7758: 5403: 758:Size comparison of six of the largest eurypterids: 555:bodies and jointed appendages (limbs) covered in a 7855:"Flora of the Hermit Shale, Grand Canyon, Arizona" 7264: 6646: 6625: 5922: 5850: 5702: 5635: 4968: 4966: 4964: 4962: 4898: 1928:(with swimming paddles) eurypterid to survive the 1659:period. The earliest eurypterids known today, the 1651:, was the first truly successful eurypterid group. 7818:Vrazo, Matthew B.; Ciurca, Samuel J. Jr. (2017). 7642:Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 7525:Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 7227: 6530: 6455: 6241: 6081: 5910: 5862: 5823: 5787: 5763: 5708: 5513: 5253: 4779: 1989:(armored fish) in both North America and Europe. 1444:from the Ordovician of Ohio contain fragments of 8906: 6562:Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society 2413:(now seen as synonymous with another species of 1967:stage four families went extinct, and the later 658:and may have been capable of using it to inject 7301: 6667: 6434: 6373: 6333:"Giant claw reveals the largest ever arthropod" 6242:Bergstrom, Carl T.; Dugatkin, Lee Alan (2012). 6045: 6033: 6018: 6006: 5994: 5982: 5958: 5874: 5653: 5071: 4959: 4922: 4834: 4791: 4147:        4102:        3791:        1228:forced water into the invaginations leading to 595:(simple eye-like sensory organs) were located. 6928: 6705: 6435:Clarke, John Mason; Ruedemann, Rudolf (1912). 5629: 5617: 5602: 5212: 5197: 5185: 5173: 4870: 2379:, was referred to the Eurypteridae in 1856 by 995:The two eurypterid suborders, Eurypterina and 628:The opisthosoma comprised 12 segments and the 8038: 7498: 7163: 6706:Lamsdell, James C.; Braddy, Simon J. (2009). 6492: 6471: 5775: 5590: 5444: 5432: 5376: 5083: 5032: 1438:. Similar coprolites referred to the species 370:. The earliest known eurypterids date to the 7668: 7596: 6301: 6262: 5549: 5361: 5349: 5325: 5313: 5289: 5277: 5059: 5044: 4764: 4749: 2620: 2409:(1858) featured an extensive description of 1996: 1561: 1233: 1207: 1185: 1168: 735: 713: 707: 696: 674: 7953:Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 7817: 7559: 7142: 6684: 6493:Hanken, Nils-Martin; Størmer, Leif (1975). 6263:Braddy, Simon J.; Dunlop, Jason A. (1997). 6189: 5886: 5811: 5095: 2309: 1615: 1604: 1551: 1545: 680: 8045: 8031: 6558:, from the Silurian of the Pentland Hills" 6495:"The trail of a large Silurian eurypterid" 6472:Hallam, Anthony; Wignall, Paul B. (1997). 6423: 5898: 2115:went extinct during the Early Permian, as 2077:to gain an almost worldwide distribution. 1107:and the rest of the former supercontinent 923:measures 65 cm (26 in) wide. As 140: 7925: 7880: 7870: 7835: 7792: 7713: 7125: 7074: 7049: 7032: 7022: 6966: 6956: 6929:Lamsdell, James C.; Selden, Paul (2013). 6919: 6908:Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 6876: 6823: 6731: 6668:Kraus, Otto; Brauckmann, Carsten (2003). 6551: 6356: 6284: 6273:Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 6165: 6153: 6141: 6129: 6117: 6069: 5946: 5934: 3678: 1396:into their mouth using their chelicerae. 960:. This type of locomotion was limited to 654:, had a telson similar to that of modern 157:State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe 7950: 7597:Tetlie, O. Erik; RĂĄbano, Isabel (2007). 7499:Tetlie, O. Erik; Van Roy, Peter (2006). 6983: 6901: 6588: 6105: 6093: 6057: 5970: 5457:Ortega-HernĂĄndez, Legg & Braddy 2012 5337: 2456:Anatomy and Relations of the Eurypterida 2385: 2261:aus ihren lebenden Verwandten entwickelt 2216:, represented a crustacean of the order 2190:described the specimen, discovered near 2163: 2050:. The hibbertopterids, mycteroptids and 2000: 1913: 1776: 1751:) and basal animals from the continents 1632: 1585: 1550:(lit. 'fork' in Latin). The presence of 1357: 1245: 1140: 1067: 1034:, was probably faster and more precise. 753: 583:(abdomen). The prosoma was covered by a 532: 7409: 4720: 2144:Permian–Triassic extinction event 2014:, the last known surviving eurypterid. 1623: 1462: 872:measured 2.1 meters (6.9 ft), and 722:, would cover the parts that serve for 14: 8907: 7900:"A gigantic fossil arthropod trackway" 7635: 7522: 7428: 7374: 7338: 7081:Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7056:Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6441:. University of California Libraries. 6406: 6201: 5641: 5573: 5537: 5525: 5501: 5480: 5468: 5241: 5229: 5158: 5143: 5131: 5119: 5107: 5020: 5008: 4996: 4953: 4934: 4886: 4822: 1670:stage of the Middle Ordovician, 467.3 1448:and fragments of smaller specimens of 8773: 8772: 8026: 7897: 7852: 7410:Størmer, Leif (1955). "Merostomata". 7143:Nudds, John R.; Selden, Paul (2008). 5835: 4984: 2332:was considerably larger in size than 1869:was also restricted to the continent 988:(lacking swimming paddles) eurypterid 950:Illustration of subaqueous flight in 7377:"Autecology of Silurian Eurypterids" 7310:n. gen. (Arthropoda: Chelicerata)". 6475:Mass Extinctions and Their Aftermath 6409:"Gigantism in Palaeozoic arthropods" 1841:, equally likely to have engaged in 1787:, a member of the highly successful 1544:armed with two curved spines called 964:(with swimming paddles) eurypterids. 666:" (comprising segments 1 to 6) and " 525:with fossils being found worldwide. 7987: 7562:Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 7442:Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6804:Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6537:. Springer Science & Business. 5660:Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 5302:Braddy, Poschmann & Tetlie 2008 4972: 4854:Braddy, Poschmann & Tetlie 2008 2421:), which, along with the monograph 2153: 442:. Some studies suggest that a dual 24: 7250:10.1111/j.1502-3931.1988.tb01746.x 6286:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1997.tb01282.x 6267:Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus 6214:Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie 2010 5266:Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie 2009 2080:During the Late Carboniferous and 468:), meaning 'broad' or 'wide', and 419:(or sometime shortly before) 251.9 25: 8951: 8005: 7965:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1865.021.01-02.52 7765:Journal of the Geological Society 6304:Journal of African Earth Sciences 5404:Van Roy, Briggs & Gaines 2015 2608:(bottom), united under the clade 2560: 2289:, then including three species). 2020:Permian-Triassic extinction event 1238:, remain unknown in eurypterids. 417:Permian–Triassic extinction event 8755: 8754: 8451: 7691:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00907.x 7197:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2012.00413.x 7166:"The Habitat of the Eurypterida" 6921:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x 6775:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2009.00902.x 4665: 4651: 4547: 4527: 4500: 4467: 4431: 4377: 4357: 4321: 4250: 4230: 4203: 4154: 4109: 4023: 4003: 3976: 3934: 3914: 3866: 3846: 3798: 3698: 3687: 2694:(composed of sclerophorates and 2580: 2569: 2088:world. With their habitat gone, 1932:and persist into the subsequent 1490: 1471: 971: 943: 571:, the body was divided into two 175: 65: 8744:Timeline of eurypterid research 8052: 7384:Special Papers in Palaeontology 6413:Special Papers in Palaeontology 6234: 6082:Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2018 5911:Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2018 5824:Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2018 5788:Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2018 5764:Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2018 5514:Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2018 5254:Hembree, Platt & Smith 2014 2160:Timeline of eurypterid research 7416:. University of Kansas Press. 6467:. Natural History Museum Bern. 5851:Poschmann & Rozefelds 2021 4797: 2393:of eurypterids as imagined by 1697:known stylonurine eurypterid, 1136: 718:, similar to organs in modern 528: 413:Late Devonian extinction event 13: 1: 8930:Darriwilian first appearances 7431:"Two new Silurian species of 7279:10.1080/08912963.2021.1998033 6324:10.1016/S0899-5362(99)00087-1 5863:Bergstrom & Dugatkin 2012 5735:10.1080/08912963.2022.2032690 4780:Plotnick & Baumiller 1988 4703: 2277:, an animal today seen as an 2204:, likely due to the strange, 1423:, it is more likely that the 1053:, similar to the swimming of 934: 844:Hibbertopterus wittebergensis 7545:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.011 7164:O'Connell, Marjorie (1916). 6424:Burmeister, Hermann (1843). 6407:Briggs, Derek E. G. (1985). 4708: 2238: 2226: 2096:stage of the Early Permian. 1590:Type A genital appendage of 1560:and ventral surfaces of the 1497:Type B genital appendage of 1478:Type A genital appendage of 1441:Lanarkopterus dolichoschelus 1253:(left) and juvenile (right) 851:is very fragmentary and the 430:; many later forms lived in 27:Order of arthropods (fossil) 7: 7981: 6984:Lamsdell, James C. (2014). 6902:Lamsdell, James C. (2012). 6514:10.18261/8200049639-1975-16 6478:. Oxford University Press. 6438:The Eurypterida of New York 6046:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 6034:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 6019:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 6007:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 5995:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 5983:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 5959:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 5875:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 5072:Brezinski & Kollar 2016 4923:Kraus & Brauckmann 2003 4835:Poschmann & Tetlie 2004 4792:Clarke & Ruedemann 1912 4644: 2492:The Eurypterida of New York 2142:This extinction event, the 2138:Woodwardopterus freemanorum 2054:survived into the Permian. 2022:or sometime shortly before. 1909: 1772: 1241: 1086:Some eurypterines, such as 10: 8956: 7610:BoletĂ­n GeolĂłgico y Minero 7050:Lankester, E. Ray (1886). 5630:Lamsdell & Braddy 2009 5618:Lamsdell & Braddy 2009 5603:Lamsdell & Braddy 2009 5213:Lamsdell & Selden 2013 5198:Lamsdell & Selden 2013 5186:Lamsdell & Selden 2013 5174:Lamsdell & Selden 2013 4871:Lamsdell & Braddy 2009 2340:they were referred to as " 2243: 2231: 2157: 2146:, is the most devastating 1682:(Early Ordovician) age in 1628: 1500:Kokomopterus longicaudatus 1353: 1279:in some lineages, such as 896:Pentecopterus decorahensis 802:Alkenopterus burglahrensis 767:Pentecopterus decorahensis 744: 469: 455: 355:, often informally called 29: 8781: 8752: 8731: 8705: 8671: 8541: 8498: 8460: 8449: 8411: 8393: 8375: 8347: 8336: 8308: 8290: 8272: 8261: 8229: 8206: 8183: 8165: 8154: 8146:List of eurypterid genera 8138: 8131: 8060: 7898:Whyte, Martin A. (2005). 7736:10.1017/S0022336000041275 7636:Tetlie, O. Erik (2008). " 7582:10.1017/S1477201907002131 7462:10.1017/S1477201906001921 7093:10.1080/03745486009494858 7075:M'Coy, Frederick (1849). 7068:10.1080/00222938609460154 7024:10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9 6878:10.1016/j.cub.2020.08.034 6825:10.1080/14772011003603564 6380:Annals of Carnegie Museum 5776:Tetlie & Van Roy 2006 5680:10.1017/S1477201907002416 5591:Hallam & Wignall 1997 5084:Hanken & Størmer 1975 5033:Hanken & Størmer 1975 4875:Supplementary information 4681:List of eurypterid genera 4542: 4522: 4515: 4495: 4487: 4462: 4455: 4426: 4418: 4410: 4372: 4352: 4345: 4316: 4308: 4300: 4288: 4245: 4225: 4218: 4198: 4190: 4178: 4149: 4141: 4133: 4104: 4096: 4088: 4018: 3998: 3991: 3971: 3963: 3929: 3909: 3902: 3890: 3861: 3841: 3834: 3822: 3793: 3785: 3777: 3765: 3551: 3536: 3529: 3508: 3501: 3478: 3451: 3433: 3426: 3408: 3381: 3363: 3356: 3348: 3292: 3276: 3269: 3251: 3243: 3220: 3213: 3195: 3187: 3175: 3157: 3149: 3122: 3104: 3097: 3089: 3071: 3063: 3040: 3033: 2992: 2975: 2968: 2950: 2942: 2930: 2889: 2871: 2864: 2846: 2838: 2826: 2799: 2783: 2765: 2757: 2745: 2727: 2719: 2621: 2435:Palaeontology of New York 1997:Carboniferous and Permian 1904:cosmopolitan distribution 1616: 1605: 1562: 1552: 1481:Adelophthalmus mansfieldi 1319:Beartooth Butte Formation 1234: 1208: 1169: 773:Acutiramus macrophthalmus 761:Pterygotus grandidentatus 714: 697: 523:cosmopolitan distribution 438:, and they were not true 359:, are a group of extinct 326: 319: 262: 257: 172:Scientific classification 170: 148: 139: 45: 8915:Prehistoric chelicerates 7988:Kazlev, M. Alan (2002). 7429:Tetlie, O. Erik (2006). 7341:"Eurypterid respiration" 7002:BMC Evolutionary Biology 6936:BMC Evolutionary Biology 6552:Henderson, John (1866). 6376:Palmichnium kosinskiorum 6009:, p. 135 & 137. 5550:Tetlie & RĂĄbano 2007 5362:Braddy & Dunlop 1997 5350:Braddy & Dunlop 1997 5326:Braddy & Dunlop 1997 5314:Braddy & Dunlop 1997 5290:Braddy & Dunlop 1997 5278:Braddy & Dunlop 1997 5060:Braddy & Almond 1999 5045:Braddy & Almond 1999 4765:Tetlie & Briggs 2009 4750:Braddy & Dunlop 1997 2702:, a group including the 2479:between the two groups. 2018:went extinct during the 1950:Late Devonian extinction 1930:Late Devonian extinction 1724:, are now classified as 575:(sections); the frontal 551:, eurypterids possessed 543:with body parts labelled 7990:"Palaeos - Eurypterida" 7716:Journal of Paleontology 7312:Senckenbergiana Lethaea 6990:. University of Kansas. 6958:10.1186/1471-2148-13-98 6751:Drepanopterus abonensis 6687:Journal of Paleontology 6649:Journal of Paleontology 6628:Journal of Paleontology 6591:The American Naturalist 6190:Tetlie & Cuggy 2007 5923:Kjellesvig-Waering 1964 5887:Nudds & Selden 2008 5812:Kues & Kietzke 1981 5766:, pp. 19 & 24. 5096:Vrazo & Ciurca 2017 4899:Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 2596:Atlantic horseshoe crab 2473:Atlantic horseshoe crab 2423:On the Genus Pterygotus 1432:Megalograptus ohioensis 1079:Palmichnium kosinkiorum 868:, whose largest member 814:. A chelicera from the 811:Jaekelopterus rhenaniae 789:Jaekelopterus rhenaniae 749: 7368:10.1098/rstb.1985.0081 7118:10.1098/rsbl.2015.0564 6724:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0700 6574:10.1144/transed.1.1.15 6349:10.1098/rsbl.2007.0491 3679:Internal relationships 2644:John Sterling Kingsley 2402: 2179: 2023: 2005:Reconstruction of the 1941: 1799: 1652: 1595: 1546: 1373: 1264: 1186: 1164: 1083: 921:Hibbertoperus scouleri 879:whose largest species 792: 736: 724:underwater respiration 708: 675: 544: 8935:Lopingian extinctions 8887:Paleobiology Database 7872:10.1073/pnas.13.8.574 7853:White, David (1927). 7638:Hallipterus excelsior 7375:Selden, Paul (1999). 7339:Selden, Paul (1985). 7149:. Manson Publishing. 2419:E. tetragonophthalmus 2407:De Euryptero Remipede 2389: 2304:in modern times, was 2257:Die Organisation der 2167: 2004: 1917: 1877:continents Avalonia, 1780: 1720:from the Cambrian of 1636: 1589: 1361: 1249: 1144: 1071: 890:Carcinosoma punctatum 783:Carcinosoma punctatum 757: 579:(head) and posterior 536: 343:& Waterston, 1968 6465:World Spider Catalog 6392:10.2992/007.084.0105 6226:Lamsdell et al. 2015 6178:Lamsdell et al. 2015 5800:Lamsdell et al. 2020 5421:Lamsdell et al. 2015 5392:Lamsdell et al. 2015 4911:Lamsdell et al. 2015 4673:Palaeontology portal 3728:(bottom), it is not. 2684:last common ancestor 2448:described the genus 1637:A reconstruction of 1624:Evolutionary history 1570:(organs for storing 1463:Reproductive biology 837:(closely related to 834:Erettopterus grandis 7918:2005Natur.438..576W 7785:10.1144/jgs2015-017 7777:2015JGSoc.172..541V 7728:1989JPal...63..642T 7683:2009Palgy..52.1141T 7574:2007JSPal...5..345T 7537:2007PPP...252..557T 7454:2006JSPal...4..397T 7360:1985RSPTB.309..219S 7242:1988Letha..21...13P 7015:2015BMCEE..15..169L 6949:2013BMCEE..13...98L 6869:2020CBio...30E4316L 6816:2010JSPal...8...49L 6767:2009Palgy..52.1113L 6316:1999JAfES..29..165B 6132:, pp. 642–644. 5997:, pp. 124–125. 5973:, pp. 484–486. 5727:2023HBio...35..257B 5672:2008JSPal...6..237T 5364:, pp. 454–455. 5352:, pp. 450–452. 5340:, pp. 175–177. 5161:, pp. 222–223. 5122:, pp. 220–221. 5062:, pp. 168–170. 5035:, pp. 262–267. 4889:, pp. 157–158. 4752:, pp. 437–439. 2682:(a group sharing a 2465:Eurypterus fischeri 2431:John William Salter 2427:Thomas Henry Huxley 2411:Eurypterus fischeri 2302:taxonomically valid 2236:'broad, wide') and 2224:derives from Greek 1399:Fossils preserving 1379:stereoscopic vision 423:million years ago. 149:Fossil specimen of 8925:Chelicerate orders 8274:Onychopterelloidea 8000:on 13 August 2007. 7837:10.1111/pala.12336 7503:Eurypterus dumonti 7501:"A reappraisal of 7405:on August 3, 2011. 7324:10.1007/BF03043470 7267:Historical Biology 6556:Slimonia Acuminata 6502:Fossils and Strata 5715:Historical Biology 3749:Onychopterelloidea 2405:Jan Nieszkowski's 2403: 2253:Hermann Burmeister 2214:Eurypterus remipes 2188:Samuel L. Mitchill 2180: 2171:Eurypterus remipes 2024: 1942: 1918:Reconstruction of 1898:and some, such as 1800: 1795:eurypterid family 1781:Reconstruction of 1653: 1600:reproductive tract 1596: 1374: 1265: 1181:in the structure. 1165: 1084: 853:H. wittenbergensis 797:taxonomic affinity 793: 545: 444:respiratory system 152:Eurypterus remipes 8902: 8901: 8874:Open Tree of Life 8775:Taxon identifiers 8766: 8765: 8447: 8446: 8443: 8442: 8439: 8438: 8395:Adelophthalmoidea 8377:Waeringopteroidea 8349:Carcinosomatoidea 8282:Onychopterellidae 8257: 8256: 8012:Eurypterids.co.uk 7631:on July 22, 2011. 7354:(1138): 219–226. 7273:(10): 2020–2030. 7156:978-1-84076-088-0 6863:(21): 4316–4321. 6108:, pp. 20–21. 5901:, pp. 62–64. 5889:, pp. 78–82. 5562:McCoy et al. 2015 5516:, pp. 17–30. 5023:, pp. 44–46. 4659:Arthropods portal 4641: 4640: 4632: 4631: 4623: 4622: 4614: 4613: 4605: 4604: 4596: 4595: 4587: 4586: 4578: 4577: 4569: 4568: 4560: 4559: 4444: 4443: 4399: 4398: 4390: 4389: 4334: 4333: 4296:Carcinosomatoidea 4272: 4271: 4263: 4262: 4167: 4166: 4152:Onychopterellidae 4122: 4121: 4072: 4071: 4063: 4062: 4054: 4053: 4045: 4044: 4036: 4035: 3947: 3946: 3879: 3878: 3811: 3810: 3675: 3674: 3664: 3663: 3655: 3654: 3646: 3645: 3637: 3636: 3628: 3627: 3619: 3618: 3610: 3609: 3601: 3600: 3592: 3591: 3583: 3582: 3574: 3573: 3565: 3564: 3467: 3466: 3397: 3396: 3332: 3331: 3323: 3322: 3314: 3313: 3305: 3304: 3138: 3137: 3017: 3016: 3008: 3007: 2914: 2913: 2905: 2904: 2815: 2814: 2690:within the clade 2484:John Mason Clarke 2395:John Mason Clarke 2391:Evolutionary tree 1873:(composed of the 1828:Waeringopteroidea 1672:million years ago 1367:depicted hunting 1323:Cottonwood Canyon 1094:center of gravity 1047:subaqueous flight 881:P. grandidentatus 646:Carcinosomatoidea 380:million years ago 350: 349: 344: 335: 294: 284: 271: 253: 134: 60:467.3–251.9  16:(Redirected from 8947: 8895: 8894: 8882: 8881: 8869: 8868: 8856: 8855: 8843: 8842: 8830: 8829: 8817: 8816: 8815: 8802: 8801: 8800: 8770: 8769: 8758: 8757: 8732:Related articles 8689:Merostomichnites 8455: 8403:Adelophthalmidae 8385:Waeringopteridae 8357:Carcinosomatidae 8345: 8344: 8328:Strobilopteridae 8270: 8269: 8244:Hibbertopteridae 8193:Parastylonuridae 8163: 8162: 8136: 8135: 8047: 8040: 8033: 8024: 8023: 8001: 7996:. Archived from 7976: 7959:(1–2): 484–486. 7947: 7929: 7894: 7884: 7874: 7849: 7839: 7814: 7796: 7755: 7710: 7677:(5): 1141–1148. 7665: 7632: 7630: 7624:. Archived from 7607: 7593: 7556: 7531:(3–4): 557–574. 7519: 7509: 7495: 7493: 7492: 7486: 7480:. Archived from 7439: 7425: 7406: 7404: 7398:. Archived from 7381: 7371: 7345: 7335: 7318:(1–2): 173–193. 7298: 7261: 7224: 7177: 7160: 7139: 7129: 7096: 7071: 7062:(100): 364–372. 7046: 7036: 7026: 6991: 6980: 6970: 6960: 6925: 6923: 6898: 6880: 6845: 6827: 6794: 6761:(5): 1113–1139. 6745: 6735: 6702: 6681: 6664: 6643: 6622: 6597:(326): 118–135. 6585: 6548: 6527: 6499: 6489: 6468: 6462: 6452: 6431: 6420: 6403: 6370: 6360: 6327: 6298: 6288: 6269:(Fischer, 1839)" 6259: 6229: 6223: 6217: 6211: 6205: 6199: 6193: 6187: 6181: 6175: 6169: 6163: 6157: 6151: 6145: 6139: 6133: 6127: 6121: 6115: 6109: 6103: 6097: 6091: 6085: 6079: 6073: 6067: 6061: 6055: 6049: 6043: 6037: 6031: 6022: 6016: 6010: 6004: 5998: 5992: 5986: 5980: 5974: 5968: 5962: 5956: 5950: 5944: 5938: 5932: 5926: 5920: 5914: 5908: 5902: 5896: 5890: 5884: 5878: 5872: 5866: 5860: 5854: 5848: 5839: 5833: 5827: 5821: 5815: 5809: 5803: 5797: 5791: 5785: 5779: 5773: 5767: 5761: 5755: 5754: 5706: 5700: 5699: 5651: 5645: 5639: 5633: 5627: 5621: 5615: 5606: 5600: 5594: 5588: 5577: 5571: 5565: 5559: 5553: 5547: 5541: 5535: 5529: 5523: 5517: 5511: 5505: 5499: 5484: 5478: 5472: 5466: 5460: 5454: 5448: 5442: 5436: 5430: 5424: 5418: 5407: 5401: 5395: 5389: 5380: 5374: 5365: 5359: 5353: 5347: 5341: 5335: 5329: 5323: 5317: 5311: 5305: 5299: 5293: 5287: 5281: 5275: 5269: 5263: 5257: 5251: 5245: 5239: 5233: 5227: 5216: 5210: 5201: 5195: 5189: 5183: 5177: 5171: 5162: 5156: 5147: 5141: 5135: 5129: 5123: 5117: 5111: 5105: 5099: 5093: 5087: 5081: 5075: 5069: 5063: 5057: 5048: 5042: 5036: 5030: 5024: 5018: 5012: 5006: 5000: 4994: 4988: 4982: 4976: 4970: 4957: 4951: 4938: 4932: 4926: 4925:, pp. 5–50. 4920: 4914: 4908: 4902: 4896: 4890: 4884: 4878: 4868: 4857: 4851: 4838: 4832: 4826: 4820: 4809: 4808: 4801: 4795: 4789: 4783: 4777: 4768: 4762: 4753: 4747: 4724: 4718: 4675: 4670: 4669: 4668: 4661: 4656: 4655: 4551: 4531: 4518: 4517: 4504: 4490: 4489: 4471: 4465:Adelophthalmidae 4458: 4457: 4435: 4429:Waeringopteridae 4421: 4420: 4413: 4412: 4381: 4361: 4355:Carcinosomatidae 4348: 4347: 4325: 4311: 4310: 4303: 4302: 4291: 4290: 4254: 4248:Strobilopteridae 4234: 4221: 4220: 4207: 4193: 4192: 4181: 4180: 4158: 4144: 4143: 4136: 4135: 4113: 4099: 4098: 4091: 4090: 4027: 4007: 4001:Hibbertopteridae 3994: 3993: 3980: 3966: 3965: 3938: 3918: 3905: 3904: 3893: 3892: 3870: 3850: 3844:Parastylonuridae 3837: 3836: 3825: 3824: 3802: 3788: 3787: 3780: 3779: 3768: 3767: 3756: 3755: 3702: 3691: 3532: 3531: 3504: 3503: 3429: 3428: 3359: 3358: 3351: 3350: 3272: 3271: 3246: 3245: 3216: 3215: 3190: 3189: 3178: 3177: 3152: 3151: 3100: 3099: 3092: 3091: 3066: 3065: 3036: 3035: 2971: 2970: 2945: 2944: 2933: 2932: 2867: 2866: 2841: 2840: 2829: 2828: 2760: 2759: 2748: 2747: 2722: 2721: 2710: 2709: 2624: 2623: 2584: 2573: 2488:Rudolf Ruedemann 2399:Rudolf Ruedemann 2324:), described by 2323: 2320: 2317: 2314: 2311: 2247: 2241: 2235: 2229: 2154:History of study 1978:Adelophthalmidae 1974:Parastylonuridae 1896:ambush predation 1863:Llandovery epoch 1666:, date from the 1619: 1618: 1608: 1607: 1565: 1564: 1555: 1554: 1549: 1494: 1475: 1401:digestive tracts 1237: 1236: 1211: 1210: 1189: 1172: 1171: 1124:Merostomichnites 1063:drag coefficient 978:Illustration of 975: 947: 739: 717: 716: 711: 700: 699: 694: 691: 688: 685: 682: 678: 638:Hibbertopteridae 480: 473: 466: 459: 422: 384:Early Ordovician 339: 330: 290: 279: 270:Burmeister, 1843 269: 248: 243: 180: 179: 144: 128: 127: 64: 49:Temporal range: 43: 42: 21: 8955: 8954: 8950: 8949: 8948: 8946: 8945: 8944: 8905: 8904: 8903: 8898: 8890: 8885: 8877: 8872: 8864: 8859: 8851: 8846: 8838: 8833: 8825: 8820: 8811: 8810: 8805: 8796: 8795: 8790: 8777: 8767: 8762: 8748: 8727: 8718:Chasmataspidida 8701: 8667: 8564:Campylocephalus 8537: 8494: 8456: 8435: 8421:Hughmilleriidae 8407: 8389: 8371: 8362:Megalograptidae 8338: 8332: 8318:Dolichopteridae 8304: 8292:Moselopteroidea 8286: 8263: 8253: 8239:Drepanopteridae 8225: 8221:Hardieopteridae 8208:Kokomopteroidea 8202: 8179: 8156: 8150: 8127: 8056: 8051: 8008: 7994:www.palaeos.com 7984: 7979: 7927:10.1038/438576a 7794:1854/LU-8714212 7628: 7605: 7507: 7490: 7488: 7484: 7437: 7402: 7379: 7343: 7157: 7112:(8): 20150564. 7106:Biology Letters 7087:(24): 392–414. 6856:Current Biology 6712:Biology Letters 6554:"IV. Notice of 6545: 6524: 6497: 6486: 6460: 6449: 6430:. Georg Reimer. 6337:Biology Letters 6256: 6237: 6232: 6224: 6220: 6212: 6208: 6200: 6196: 6188: 6184: 6176: 6172: 6164: 6160: 6152: 6148: 6140: 6136: 6128: 6124: 6116: 6112: 6104: 6100: 6092: 6088: 6080: 6076: 6068: 6064: 6056: 6052: 6044: 6040: 6032: 6025: 6017: 6013: 6005: 6001: 5993: 5989: 5981: 5977: 5969: 5965: 5957: 5953: 5945: 5941: 5933: 5929: 5921: 5917: 5909: 5905: 5899:Burmeister 1843 5897: 5893: 5885: 5881: 5873: 5869: 5861: 5857: 5849: 5842: 5834: 5830: 5822: 5818: 5810: 5806: 5798: 5794: 5786: 5782: 5774: 5770: 5762: 5758: 5707: 5703: 5652: 5648: 5640: 5636: 5628: 5624: 5616: 5609: 5601: 5597: 5589: 5580: 5572: 5568: 5560: 5556: 5548: 5544: 5536: 5532: 5524: 5520: 5512: 5508: 5500: 5487: 5479: 5475: 5467: 5463: 5455: 5451: 5443: 5439: 5431: 5427: 5419: 5410: 5402: 5398: 5390: 5383: 5375: 5368: 5360: 5356: 5348: 5344: 5336: 5332: 5324: 5320: 5312: 5308: 5300: 5296: 5288: 5284: 5276: 5272: 5268:, p. 1119. 5264: 5260: 5252: 5248: 5240: 5236: 5228: 5219: 5211: 5204: 5196: 5192: 5184: 5180: 5172: 5165: 5157: 5150: 5142: 5138: 5130: 5126: 5118: 5114: 5106: 5102: 5094: 5090: 5082: 5078: 5070: 5066: 5058: 5051: 5043: 5039: 5031: 5027: 5019: 5015: 5007: 5003: 4995: 4991: 4983: 4979: 4971: 4960: 4952: 4941: 4933: 4929: 4921: 4917: 4909: 4905: 4897: 4893: 4885: 4881: 4869: 4860: 4852: 4841: 4833: 4829: 4821: 4812: 4803: 4802: 4798: 4790: 4786: 4778: 4771: 4767:, p. 1141. 4763: 4756: 4748: 4727: 4719: 4715: 4711: 4706: 4698:History of life 4671: 4666: 4664: 4657: 4650: 4647: 4642: 4633: 4624: 4615: 4606: 4597: 4588: 4579: 4570: 4561: 4498:Hughmilleriidae 4445: 4400: 4391: 4335: 4319:Megalograptidae 4273: 4264: 4201:Dolichopteridae 4168: 4123: 4073: 4064: 4055: 4046: 4037: 3974:Drepanopteridae 3948: 3912:Hardieopteridae 3898:Kokomopteroidea 3880: 3812: 3732: 3731: 3730: 3729: 3705: 3704: 3703: 3694: 3693: 3692: 3681: 3676: 3670: 3665: 3656: 3647: 3638: 3629: 3620: 3611: 3602: 3593: 3584: 3575: 3566: 3512:Chasmataspidida 3468: 3398: 3333: 3324: 3315: 3306: 3139: 3018: 3009: 2915: 2906: 2816: 2787:Trilobitomorpha 2696:chasmataspidids 2675:Stoermeropterus 2632:nepionic stages 2616: 2615: 2614: 2613: 2587: 2586: 2585: 2576: 2575: 2574: 2563: 2349:Frederick M'Coy 2321: 2318: 2315: 2312: 2298:Campylocephalus 2176:James E. De Kay 2162: 2156: 2148:mass extinction 2121:Campylocephalus 2108:Campylocephalus 2029:sarcopterygians 2016:Campylocephalus 2011:Campylocephalus 1999: 1912: 1820:Kokomopteroidea 1775: 1747:(living on the 1649:Megalograptidae 1631: 1626: 1507: 1506: 1505: 1504: 1503: 1495: 1486: 1485: 1484: 1476: 1465: 1356: 1348:Moselopteroidea 1244: 1153:legs of modern 1149:present in the 1139: 1012:fossil trackway 993: 992: 991: 990: 989: 976: 967: 966: 965: 948: 937: 821:of Willwerath, 819:Klerf Formation 752: 747: 720:horseshoe crabs 692: 689: 686: 683: 547:Like all other 537:Restoration of 531: 450:comes from the 420: 315: 296: 295: 272: 247: 241: 174: 135: 126: 125: 120: 115: 110: 105: 100: 95: 90: 85: 80: 75: 70: 59: 58: 47: 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 8953: 8943: 8942: 8940:Apex predators 8937: 8932: 8927: 8922: 8917: 8900: 8899: 8897: 8896: 8883: 8870: 8857: 8844: 8831: 8818: 8803: 8787: 8785: 8779: 8778: 8764: 8763: 8753: 8750: 8749: 8747: 8746: 8741: 8735: 8733: 8729: 8728: 8726: 8725: 8720: 8715: 8709: 8707: 8706:Related groups 8703: 8702: 8700: 8699: 8692: 8685: 8677: 8675: 8669: 8668: 8666: 8665: 8658: 8651: 8644: 8637: 8634:Onychopterella 8630: 8623: 8616: 8609: 8602: 8595: 8592:Hibbertopterus 8588: 8581: 8574: 8567: 8560: 8553: 8550:Adelophthalmus 8545: 8543: 8542:Notable genera 8539: 8538: 8536: 8535: 8530: 8525: 8520: 8515: 8510: 8504: 8502: 8496: 8495: 8493: 8492: 8487: 8482: 8477: 8472: 8466: 8464: 8458: 8457: 8450: 8448: 8445: 8444: 8441: 8440: 8437: 8436: 8434: 8433: 8428: 8423: 8417: 8415: 8413:Pterygotioidea 8409: 8408: 8406: 8405: 8399: 8397: 8391: 8390: 8388: 8387: 8381: 8379: 8373: 8372: 8370: 8369: 8364: 8359: 8353: 8351: 8342: 8340:Diploperculata 8334: 8333: 8331: 8330: 8325: 8320: 8314: 8312: 8306: 8305: 8303: 8302: 8300:Moselopteridae 8296: 8294: 8288: 8287: 8285: 8284: 8278: 8276: 8267: 8259: 8258: 8255: 8254: 8252: 8251: 8246: 8241: 8235: 8233: 8227: 8226: 8224: 8223: 8218: 8216:Kokomopteridae 8212: 8210: 8204: 8203: 8201: 8200: 8195: 8189: 8187: 8181: 8180: 8178: 8177: 8171: 8169: 8167:Rhenopteroidea 8160: 8152: 8151: 8149: 8148: 8142: 8140: 8133: 8129: 8128: 8126: 8125: 8116: 8107: 8098: 8089: 8080: 8074: 8068: 8061: 8058: 8057: 8050: 8049: 8042: 8035: 8027: 8021: 8020: 8018:eurypterid.net 8015: 8007: 8006:External links 8004: 8003: 8002: 7983: 7980: 7978: 7977: 7948: 7895: 7865:(8): 574–575. 7850: 7830:(2): 235–252. 7815: 7771:(5): 541–549. 7756: 7722:(5): 642–657. 7711: 7666: 7633: 7616:(1): 117–126. 7599:"Specimens of 7594: 7568:(3): 345–356. 7557: 7520: 7496: 7448:(4): 397–412. 7426: 7407: 7372: 7336: 7299: 7262: 7225: 7178: 7161: 7155: 7140: 7097: 7072: 7047: 6992: 6981: 6926: 6899: 6846: 6795: 6746: 6718:(2): 265–269. 6703: 6693:(4): 709–729. 6682: 6665: 6655:(2): 331–361. 6644: 6634:(4): 789–835. 6623: 6603:10.1086/275878 6586: 6549: 6544:978-9401787208 6543: 6528: 6522: 6490: 6485:978-0198549161 6484: 6469: 6453: 6448:978-1125460221 6447: 6432: 6421: 6404: 6371: 6343:(1): 106–109. 6328: 6310:(1): 165–177. 6299: 6279:(4): 435–461. 6260: 6255:978-0393913415 6254: 6238: 6236: 6233: 6231: 6230: 6218: 6206: 6204:, p. 565. 6194: 6192:, p. 350. 6182: 6170: 6168:, p. 650. 6166:Tollerton 1989 6158: 6156:, p. 646. 6154:Tollerton 1989 6146: 6144:, p. 649. 6142:Tollerton 1989 6134: 6130:Tollerton 1989 6122: 6120:, p. 642. 6118:Tollerton 1989 6110: 6098: 6086: 6074: 6072:, p. 366. 6070:Lankester 1886 6062: 6060:, p. 119. 6050: 6048:, p. 137. 6038: 6036:, p. 136. 6023: 6021:, p. 135. 6011: 5999: 5987: 5975: 5963: 5951: 5947:Henderson 1866 5939: 5937:, p. 393. 5927: 5925:, p. 331. 5915: 5903: 5891: 5879: 5867: 5865:, p. 515. 5855: 5840: 5838:, p. 575. 5828: 5816: 5814:, p. 727. 5804: 5792: 5780: 5768: 5756: 5721:(2): 257–263. 5701: 5666:(2): 237–249. 5646: 5634: 5632:, p. 268. 5622: 5620:, p. 266. 5607: 5605:, p. 265. 5595: 5578: 5576:, p. 571. 5566: 5554: 5552:, p. 124. 5542: 5540:, p. 410. 5530: 5518: 5506: 5504:, p. 570. 5485: 5483:, p. 567. 5473: 5471:, p. 569. 5461: 5449: 5445:O'Connell 1916 5437: 5433:O'Connell 1916 5425: 5408: 5396: 5381: 5377:O'Connell 1916 5366: 5354: 5342: 5330: 5328:, p. 449. 5318: 5316:, p. 439. 5306: 5304:, p. 108. 5294: 5292:, p. 438. 5282: 5280:, p. 436. 5270: 5258: 5246: 5234: 5217: 5202: 5190: 5178: 5163: 5148: 5146:, p. 222. 5136: 5134:, p. 221. 5124: 5112: 5110:, p. 219. 5100: 5098:, p. 235. 5088: 5086:, p. 255. 5076: 5064: 5049: 5047:, p. 166. 5037: 5025: 5013: 5001: 4989: 4987:, p. 576. 4977: 4958: 4956:, p. 559. 4939: 4927: 4915: 4903: 4901:, p. 830. 4891: 4879: 4858: 4856:, p. 107. 4839: 4837:, p. 189. 4827: 4825:, p. 557. 4810: 4796: 4794:, p. 244. 4784: 4769: 4754: 4725: 4712: 4710: 4707: 4705: 4702: 4701: 4700: 4695: 4689: 4683: 4677: 4676: 4662: 4646: 4643: 4639: 4638: 4635: 4634: 4630: 4629: 4626: 4625: 4621: 4620: 4617: 4616: 4612: 4611: 4608: 4607: 4603: 4602: 4599: 4598: 4594: 4593: 4590: 4589: 4585: 4584: 4581: 4580: 4576: 4575: 4572: 4571: 4567: 4566: 4563: 4562: 4558: 4557: 4554: 4553: 4541: 4538: 4537: 4534: 4533: 4521: 4516: 4514: 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3986: 3983: 3982: 3970: 3964: 3962: 3961:   3954: 3953: 3950: 3949: 3945: 3944: 3941: 3940: 3932:Kokomopteridae 3928: 3925: 3924: 3921: 3920: 3908: 3903: 3901: 3900:   3891: 3889: 3886: 3885: 3882: 3881: 3877: 3876: 3873: 3872: 3860: 3857: 3856: 3853: 3852: 3840: 3835: 3833: 3832:   3823: 3821: 3818: 3817: 3814: 3813: 3809: 3808: 3805: 3804: 3792: 3786: 3784: 3778: 3776: 3775:   3766: 3764: 3763:   3754: 3725:Parastylonurus 3707: 3706: 3697: 3696: 3695: 3686: 3685: 3684: 3683: 3682: 3680: 3677: 3673: 3672: 3667: 3666: 3662: 3661: 3658: 3657: 3653: 3652: 3649: 3648: 3644: 3643: 3640: 3639: 3635: 3634: 3631: 3630: 3626: 3625: 3622: 3621: 3617: 3616: 3613: 3612: 3608: 3607: 3604: 3603: 3599: 3598: 3595: 3594: 3590: 3589: 3586: 3585: 3581: 3580: 3577: 3576: 3572: 3571: 3568: 3567: 3563: 3562: 3559: 3558: 3550: 3547: 3546: 3543: 3542: 3535: 3530: 3528: 3527:   3520: 3519: 3516: 3515: 3507: 3502: 3500: 3499:   3492: 3491: 3488: 3487: 3477: 3474: 3473: 3470: 3469: 3465: 3464: 3461: 3460: 3450: 3447: 3446: 3443: 3442: 3432: 3427: 3425: 3422: 3421: 3418: 3417: 3407: 3404: 3403: 3400: 3399: 3395: 3394: 3391: 3390: 3380: 3377: 3376: 3373: 3372: 3362: 3357: 3355: 3349: 3347: 3346:   3339: 3338: 3335: 3334: 3330: 3329: 3326: 3325: 3321: 3320: 3317: 3316: 3312: 3311: 3308: 3307: 3303: 3302: 3299: 3298: 3291: 3288: 3287: 3284: 3283: 3275: 3270: 3268: 3265: 3264: 3261: 3260: 3250: 3244: 3242: 3241:   3234: 3233: 3230: 3229: 3219: 3214: 3212: 3209: 3208: 3205: 3204: 3194: 3188: 3186: 3185:   3176: 3174: 3171: 3170: 3167: 3166: 3156: 3150: 3148: 3145: 3144: 3141: 3140: 3136: 3135: 3132: 3131: 3121: 3118: 3117: 3114: 3113: 3103: 3098: 3096: 3090: 3088: 3085: 3084: 3081: 3080: 3070: 3064: 3062: 3061:   3054: 3053: 3050: 3049: 3039: 3034: 3032: 3031:   3024: 3023: 3020: 3019: 3015: 3014: 3011: 3010: 3006: 3005: 3002: 3001: 2991: 2988: 2987: 2984: 2983: 2974: 2969: 2967: 2964: 2963: 2960: 2959: 2949: 2943: 2941: 2940:   2931: 2929: 2928:   2921: 2920: 2917: 2916: 2912: 2911: 2908: 2907: 2903: 2902: 2899: 2898: 2888: 2885: 2884: 2881: 2880: 2870: 2865: 2863: 2860: 2859: 2856: 2855: 2845: 2839: 2837: 2836:   2832:  â€  2827: 2825: 2822: 2821: 2818: 2817: 2813: 2812: 2809: 2808: 2798: 2795: 2794: 2791: 2790: 2782: 2779: 2778: 2775: 2774: 2764: 2758: 2756: 2755:   2751:  â€  2746: 2744: 2741: 2740: 2737: 2736: 2726: 2720: 2718: 2717:   2708: 2664:Parastylonurus 2589: 2588: 2579: 2578: 2577: 2568: 2567: 2566: 2565: 2564: 2562: 2561:Classification 2559: 2502:Anthraconectes 2460:Malcolm Laurie 2446:Henry Woodward 2355:together with 2294:Hibbertopterus 2267:and the genus 2210:James E. DeKay 2155: 2152: 2117:Adelophthalmus 2111:respectively. 2090:Adelophthalmus 2085:Adelophthalmus 2075:Adelophthalmus 2067:Adelophthalmus 2063:Adelophthalmus 2058:Adelophthalmus 2052:Adelophthalmus 2047:Adelophthalmus 2041:Hibbertopterus 2037:Adelophthalmus 2031:, such as the 2007:hibbertopterid 1998: 1995: 1921:Adelophthalmus 1911: 1908: 1774: 1771: 1676:Fezouata Biota 1630: 1627: 1625: 1622: 1518:D. bembycoides 1496: 1489: 1488: 1487: 1477: 1470: 1469: 1468: 1467: 1466: 1464: 1461: 1457:apex predatory 1355: 1352: 1336:Strobilopterus 1263:(not to scale) 1260:Strobilopterus 1243: 1240: 1147:pseudotracheae 1138: 1135: 1119:P. kosinkiorum 1101:Hibbertopterus 1031:Parastylonurus 1025:Hibbertopterus 1021:Hibbertopterus 1016:Hibbertopterus 981:Hibbertopterus 977: 970: 969: 968: 949: 942: 941: 940: 939: 938: 936: 933: 929:Hibbertopterus 925:Hibbertopterus 858:The family of 751: 748: 746: 743: 634:Pterygotioidea 567:. As in other 530: 527: 512:Adelophthalmus 363:that form the 348: 347: 346: 345: 336: 329:Gigantostraca 324: 323: 317: 316: 314: 313: 305: 292:Incertae sedis 289: 288: 287: 286: 285: 273: 260: 259: 255: 254: 239: 235: 234: 229: 222: 221: 216: 212: 211: 206: 202: 201: 196: 192: 191: 186: 182: 181: 168: 167: 155:housed at the 146: 145: 137: 136: 121: 116: 111: 106: 101: 96: 91: 86: 81: 76: 71: 66: 48: 26: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 8952: 8941: 8938: 8936: 8933: 8931: 8928: 8926: 8923: 8921: 8918: 8916: 8913: 8912: 8910: 8893: 8888: 8884: 8880: 8875: 8871: 8867: 8862: 8858: 8854: 8849: 8845: 8841: 8836: 8832: 8828: 8823: 8819: 8814: 8808: 8804: 8799: 8793: 8789: 8788: 8786: 8784: 8780: 8776: 8771: 8761: 8751: 8745: 8742: 8740: 8737: 8736: 8734: 8730: 8724: 8721: 8719: 8716: 8714: 8711: 8710: 8708: 8704: 8698: 8697: 8693: 8691: 8690: 8686: 8684: 8683: 8679: 8678: 8676: 8674: 8670: 8664: 8663: 8659: 8657: 8656: 8652: 8650: 8649: 8645: 8643: 8642: 8641:Pentecopterus 8638: 8636: 8635: 8631: 8629: 8628: 8624: 8622: 8621: 8617: 8615: 8614: 8613:Megalograptus 8610: 8608: 8607: 8606:Jaekelopterus 8603: 8601: 8600: 8596: 8594: 8593: 8589: 8587: 8586: 8582: 8580: 8579: 8578:Drepanopterus 8575: 8573: 8572: 8568: 8566: 8565: 8561: 8559: 8558: 8557:Brachyopterus 8554: 8552: 8551: 8547: 8546: 8544: 8540: 8534: 8533:South America 8531: 8529: 8526: 8524: 8523:North America 8521: 8519: 8516: 8514: 8511: 8509: 8506: 8505: 8503: 8501: 8497: 8491: 8488: 8486: 8485:Carboniferous 8483: 8481: 8478: 8476: 8473: 8471: 8468: 8467: 8465: 8463: 8462:Geochronology 8459: 8454: 8432: 8429: 8427: 8424: 8422: 8419: 8418: 8416: 8414: 8410: 8404: 8401: 8400: 8398: 8396: 8392: 8386: 8383: 8382: 8380: 8378: 8374: 8368: 8365: 8363: 8360: 8358: 8355: 8354: 8352: 8350: 8346: 8343: 8341: 8335: 8329: 8326: 8324: 8321: 8319: 8316: 8315: 8313: 8311: 8310:Eurypteroidea 8307: 8301: 8298: 8297: 8295: 8293: 8289: 8283: 8280: 8279: 8277: 8275: 8271: 8268: 8266: 8260: 8250: 8249:Mycteroptidae 8247: 8245: 8242: 8240: 8237: 8236: 8234: 8232: 8231:Mycteropoidea 8228: 8222: 8219: 8217: 8214: 8213: 8211: 8209: 8205: 8199: 8196: 8194: 8191: 8190: 8188: 8186: 8185:Stylonuroidea 8182: 8176: 8175:Rhenopteridae 8173: 8172: 8170: 8168: 8164: 8161: 8159: 8153: 8147: 8144: 8143: 8141: 8137: 8134: 8130: 8124: 8123:Sclerophorata 8120: 8117: 8115: 8111: 8108: 8106: 8102: 8099: 8097: 8093: 8090: 8088: 8087:Euchelicerata 8084: 8081: 8079: 8075: 8073: 8069: 8067: 8063: 8062: 8059: 8055: 8048: 8043: 8041: 8036: 8034: 8029: 8028: 8025: 8019: 8016: 8013: 8010: 8009: 7999: 7995: 7991: 7986: 7985: 7974: 7970: 7966: 7962: 7958: 7954: 7949: 7945: 7941: 7937: 7933: 7928: 7923: 7919: 7915: 7912:(7068): 576. 7911: 7907: 7906: 7901: 7896: 7892: 7888: 7883: 7878: 7873: 7868: 7864: 7860: 7856: 7851: 7847: 7843: 7838: 7833: 7829: 7825: 7824:Palaeontology 7821: 7816: 7812: 7808: 7804: 7800: 7795: 7790: 7786: 7782: 7778: 7774: 7770: 7766: 7762: 7757: 7753: 7749: 7745: 7741: 7737: 7733: 7729: 7725: 7721: 7717: 7712: 7708: 7704: 7700: 7696: 7692: 7688: 7684: 7680: 7676: 7672: 7671:Palaeontology 7667: 7663: 7659: 7655: 7651: 7647: 7643: 7639: 7634: 7627: 7623: 7619: 7615: 7611: 7604: 7602: 7595: 7591: 7587: 7583: 7579: 7575: 7571: 7567: 7563: 7558: 7554: 7550: 7546: 7542: 7538: 7534: 7530: 7526: 7521: 7517: 7513: 7506: 7504: 7497: 7487:on 2020-06-06 7483: 7479: 7475: 7471: 7467: 7463: 7459: 7455: 7451: 7447: 7443: 7436: 7434: 7427: 7423: 7419: 7415: 7414: 7408: 7401: 7397: 7393: 7389: 7385: 7378: 7373: 7369: 7365: 7361: 7357: 7353: 7349: 7342: 7337: 7333: 7329: 7325: 7321: 7317: 7313: 7309: 7305: 7300: 7296: 7292: 7288: 7284: 7280: 7276: 7272: 7268: 7263: 7259: 7255: 7251: 7247: 7243: 7239: 7235: 7231: 7226: 7222: 7218: 7214: 7210: 7206: 7202: 7198: 7194: 7190: 7186: 7185: 7179: 7175: 7171: 7167: 7162: 7158: 7152: 7148: 7147: 7141: 7137: 7133: 7128: 7123: 7119: 7115: 7111: 7107: 7103: 7098: 7094: 7090: 7086: 7082: 7078: 7073: 7069: 7065: 7061: 7057: 7053: 7048: 7044: 7040: 7035: 7030: 7025: 7020: 7016: 7012: 7008: 7004: 7003: 6998: 6993: 6989: 6988: 6982: 6978: 6974: 6969: 6964: 6959: 6954: 6950: 6946: 6942: 6938: 6937: 6932: 6927: 6922: 6917: 6913: 6909: 6905: 6900: 6896: 6892: 6888: 6884: 6879: 6874: 6870: 6866: 6862: 6858: 6857: 6852: 6847: 6843: 6839: 6835: 6831: 6826: 6821: 6817: 6813: 6809: 6805: 6801: 6796: 6792: 6788: 6784: 6780: 6776: 6772: 6768: 6764: 6760: 6756: 6755:Palaeontology 6752: 6747: 6743: 6739: 6734: 6729: 6725: 6721: 6717: 6713: 6709: 6704: 6700: 6696: 6692: 6688: 6683: 6679: 6675: 6671: 6666: 6662: 6658: 6654: 6650: 6645: 6641: 6637: 6633: 6629: 6624: 6620: 6616: 6612: 6608: 6604: 6600: 6596: 6592: 6587: 6583: 6579: 6575: 6571: 6567: 6563: 6559: 6557: 6550: 6546: 6540: 6536: 6535: 6529: 6525: 6523:82-00-04963-9 6519: 6515: 6511: 6507: 6503: 6496: 6491: 6487: 6481: 6477: 6476: 6470: 6466: 6459: 6454: 6450: 6444: 6440: 6439: 6433: 6429: 6428: 6422: 6418: 6414: 6410: 6405: 6401: 6397: 6393: 6389: 6385: 6381: 6377: 6372: 6368: 6364: 6359: 6354: 6350: 6346: 6342: 6338: 6334: 6329: 6325: 6321: 6317: 6313: 6309: 6305: 6300: 6296: 6292: 6287: 6282: 6278: 6274: 6270: 6268: 6261: 6257: 6251: 6247: 6246: 6240: 6239: 6227: 6222: 6216:, p. 56. 6215: 6210: 6203: 6198: 6191: 6186: 6180:, p. 25. 6179: 6174: 6167: 6162: 6155: 6150: 6143: 6138: 6131: 6126: 6119: 6114: 6107: 6106:Lamsdell 2012 6102: 6096:, p. 19. 6095: 6094:Lamsdell 2012 6090: 6084:, p. 17. 6083: 6078: 6071: 6066: 6059: 6058:Kingsley 1894 6054: 6047: 6042: 6035: 6030: 6028: 6020: 6015: 6008: 6003: 5996: 5991: 5985:, p. 19. 5984: 5979: 5972: 5971:Woodward 1865 5967: 5961:, p. 14. 5960: 5955: 5949:, p. 18. 5948: 5943: 5936: 5931: 5924: 5919: 5913:, p. 27. 5912: 5907: 5900: 5895: 5888: 5883: 5877:, p. 13. 5876: 5871: 5864: 5859: 5852: 5847: 5845: 5837: 5832: 5826:, p. 19. 5825: 5820: 5813: 5808: 5801: 5796: 5790:, p. 24. 5789: 5784: 5778:, p. 79. 5777: 5772: 5765: 5760: 5752: 5748: 5744: 5740: 5736: 5732: 5728: 5724: 5720: 5716: 5712: 5705: 5697: 5693: 5689: 5685: 5681: 5677: 5673: 5669: 5665: 5661: 5657: 5650: 5643: 5638: 5631: 5626: 5619: 5614: 5612: 5604: 5599: 5593:, p. 70. 5592: 5587: 5585: 5583: 5575: 5570: 5563: 5558: 5551: 5546: 5539: 5534: 5528:, p. 44. 5527: 5522: 5515: 5510: 5503: 5498: 5496: 5494: 5492: 5490: 5482: 5477: 5470: 5465: 5459:, p. 15. 5458: 5453: 5447:, p. 13. 5446: 5441: 5435:, p. 12. 5434: 5429: 5423:, p. 29. 5422: 5417: 5415: 5413: 5405: 5400: 5393: 5388: 5386: 5379:, p. 11. 5378: 5373: 5371: 5363: 5358: 5351: 5346: 5339: 5338:Lamsdell 2014 5334: 5327: 5322: 5315: 5310: 5303: 5298: 5291: 5286: 5279: 5274: 5267: 5262: 5256:, p. 77. 5255: 5250: 5244:, p. 47. 5243: 5238: 5232:, p. 46. 5231: 5226: 5224: 5222: 5215:, p. 34. 5214: 5209: 5207: 5200:, p. 44. 5199: 5194: 5188:, p. 33. 5187: 5182: 5176:, p. 32. 5175: 5170: 5168: 5160: 5155: 5153: 5145: 5140: 5133: 5128: 5121: 5116: 5109: 5104: 5097: 5092: 5085: 5080: 5074:, p. 39. 5073: 5068: 5061: 5056: 5054: 5046: 5041: 5034: 5029: 5022: 5017: 5011:, p. 45. 5010: 5005: 4999:, p. 43. 4998: 4993: 4986: 4981: 4974: 4969: 4967: 4965: 4963: 4955: 4950: 4948: 4946: 4944: 4937:, p. 19. 4936: 4931: 4924: 4919: 4913:, p. 15. 4912: 4907: 4900: 4895: 4888: 4883: 4876: 4872: 4867: 4865: 4863: 4855: 4850: 4848: 4846: 4844: 4836: 4831: 4824: 4819: 4817: 4815: 4806: 4800: 4793: 4788: 4782:, p. 22. 4781: 4776: 4774: 4766: 4761: 4759: 4751: 4746: 4744: 4742: 4740: 4738: 4736: 4734: 4732: 4730: 4723:, p. 23. 4722: 4717: 4713: 4699: 4696: 4693: 4690: 4687: 4684: 4682: 4679: 4678: 4674: 4663: 4660: 4654: 4649: 4637: 4636: 4628: 4627: 4619: 4618: 4610: 4609: 4601: 4600: 4592: 4591: 4583: 4582: 4574: 4573: 4565: 4564: 4556: 4555: 4552: 4550: 4546: 4540: 4539: 4536: 4535: 4532: 4530: 4526: 4520: 4519: 4513: 4512: 4509: 4508: 4505: 4503: 4499: 4492: 4491: 4484: 4481:   4480: 4479: 4476: 4475: 4472: 4470: 4466: 4460: 4459: 4453: 4452: 4449: 4448: 4440: 4439: 4436: 4434: 4430: 4423: 4422: 4415: 4414: 4408: 4407: 4404: 4403: 4395: 4394: 4386: 4385: 4382: 4380: 4376: 4370: 4369: 4366: 4365: 4362: 4360: 4356: 4350: 4349: 4343: 4342: 4339: 4338: 4330: 4329: 4326: 4324: 4320: 4313: 4312: 4305: 4304: 4297: 4294:   4293: 4292: 4285: 4282:   4281: 4280: 4277: 4276: 4268: 4267: 4259: 4258: 4255: 4253: 4249: 4243: 4242: 4239: 4238: 4235: 4233: 4229: 4223: 4222: 4216: 4215: 4212: 4211: 4208: 4206: 4202: 4195: 4194: 4187: 4186:Eurypteroidea 4184:   4183: 4182: 4176: 4175: 4172: 4171: 4163: 4162: 4159: 4157: 4153: 4146: 4145: 4138: 4137: 4131: 4130: 4127: 4126: 4118: 4117: 4114: 4112: 4108: 4101: 4100: 4093: 4092: 4085: 4082:   4081: 4080: 4077: 4076: 4068: 4067: 4059: 4058: 4050: 4049: 4041: 4040: 4032: 4031: 4028: 4026: 4022: 4021:Mycteroptidae 4016: 4015: 4012: 4011: 4008: 4006: 4002: 3996: 3995: 3989: 3988: 3985: 3984: 3981: 3979: 3975: 3968: 3967: 3960: 3959:Mycteropoidea 3957:   3956: 3955: 3952: 3951: 3943: 3942: 3939: 3937: 3933: 3927: 3926: 3923: 3922: 3919: 3917: 3913: 3907: 3906: 3899: 3896:   3895: 3894: 3888: 3887: 3884: 3883: 3875: 3874: 3871: 3869: 3865: 3859: 3858: 3855: 3854: 3851: 3849: 3845: 3839: 3838: 3831: 3830:Stylonuroidea 3828:   3827: 3826: 3820: 3819: 3816: 3815: 3807: 3806: 3803: 3801: 3797: 3796:Rhenopteridae 3790: 3789: 3782: 3781: 3774: 3771:   3770: 3769: 3762: 3759:   3758: 3757: 3753: 3750: 3744: 3740: 3736: 3727: 3726: 3721: 3717: 3716: 3711: 3701: 3690: 3669: 3668: 3660: 3659: 3651: 3650: 3642: 3641: 3633: 3632: 3624: 3623: 3615: 3614: 3606: 3605: 3597: 3596: 3588: 3587: 3579: 3578: 3570: 3569: 3561: 3560: 3557: 3556: 3549: 3548: 3545: 3544: 3541: 3540: 3534: 3533: 3526: 3525:Sclerophorata 3523:   3522: 3521: 3518: 3517: 3514: 3513: 3506: 3505: 3498: 3495:   3494: 3493: 3490: 3489: 3486: 3485: 3484: 3476: 3475: 3472: 3471: 3463: 3462: 3459: 3458: 3457: 3449: 3448: 3445: 3444: 3441: 3440: 3439: 3431: 3430: 3424: 3423: 3420: 3419: 3416: 3415: 3414: 3413:Pasternakevia 3406: 3405: 3402: 3401: 3393: 3392: 3389: 3388: 3387: 3386:Cyamocephalus 3379: 3378: 3375: 3374: 3371: 3370: 3369: 3361: 3360: 3353: 3352: 3345: 3342:   3341: 3340: 3337: 3336: 3328: 3327: 3319: 3318: 3310: 3309: 3301: 3300: 3297: 3296: 3290: 3289: 3286: 3285: 3282: 3281: 3274: 3273: 3267: 3266: 3263: 3262: 3259: 3258: 3257: 3248: 3247: 3240: 3237:   3236: 3235: 3232: 3231: 3228: 3227: 3226: 3218: 3217: 3211: 3210: 3207: 3206: 3203: 3202: 3201: 3200:Kasibelinurus 3192: 3191: 3184: 3181:   3180: 3179: 3173: 3172: 3169: 3168: 3165: 3164: 3163: 3154: 3153: 3147: 3146: 3143: 3142: 3134: 3133: 3130: 3129: 3128: 3120: 3119: 3116: 3115: 3112: 3111: 3110: 3102: 3101: 3094: 3093: 3087: 3086: 3083: 3082: 3079: 3078: 3077: 3068: 3067: 3060: 3057:   3056: 3055: 3052: 3051: 3048: 3047: 3046: 3038: 3037: 3030: 3029:Euchelicerata 3027:   3026: 3025: 3022: 3021: 3013: 3012: 3004: 3003: 3000: 2999: 2998: 2990: 2989: 2986: 2985: 2982: 2981: 2980: 2973: 2972: 2966: 2965: 2962: 2961: 2958: 2957: 2956: 2947: 2946: 2939: 2936:   2935: 2934: 2927: 2924:   2923: 2922: 2919: 2918: 2910: 2909: 2901: 2900: 2897: 2896: 2895: 2887: 2886: 2883: 2882: 2879: 2878: 2877: 2876:Alalcomenaeus 2869: 2868: 2862: 2861: 2858: 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Agassiz 2307: 2303: 2299: 2295: 2290: 2288: 2285:(composed of 2284: 2280: 2276: 2272: 2271: 2266: 2262: 2260: 2254: 2249: 2246: 2240: 2234: 2228: 2223: 2219: 2215: 2211: 2207: 2203: 2202: 2197: 2196:Oneida county 2193: 2189: 2185: 2177: 2173: 2172: 2166: 2161: 2151: 2149: 2145: 2140: 2139: 2134: 2130: 2126: 2122: 2118: 2114: 2110: 2109: 2104: 2103: 2097: 2095: 2091: 2086: 2083: 2082:Early Permian 2078: 2076: 2072: 2068: 2064: 2059: 2055: 2053: 2049: 2048: 2042: 2038: 2034: 2030: 2021: 2017: 2013: 2012: 2008: 2003: 1994: 1990: 1988: 1982: 1979: 1975: 1970: 1966: 1961: 1959: 1955: 1951: 1947: 1946:Jaekelopterus 1939: 1935: 1934:Carboniferous 1931: 1927: 1923: 1922: 1916: 1907: 1905: 1901: 1897: 1893: 1887: 1885: 1880: 1876: 1872: 1868: 1864: 1860: 1856: 1852: 1848: 1844: 1840: 1836: 1831: 1829: 1825: 1824:Mycteropoidea 1821: 1817: 1816:Stylonuroidea 1813: 1807: 1805: 1804:Pridoli epoch 1798: 1794: 1790: 1786: 1785: 1779: 1770: 1768: 1767:Pentecopterus 1764: 1763:Megalograptus 1760: 1759: 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570: 566: 562: 558: 554: 550: 542: 541: 535: 526: 524: 521:, achieved a 520: 519: 514: 513: 508: 504: 500: 499:North America 496: 495: 490: 489: 488:Jaekelopterus 483: 481: 479: 472: 467: 465: 458: 453: 452:Ancient Greek 449: 445: 441: 437: 433: 429: 424: 418: 414: 410: 406: 405: 400: 396: 393: 389: 388:Late Cambrian 385: 381: 378:period 467.3 377: 374:stage of the 373: 369: 366: 362: 358: 357:sea scorpions 354: 342: 338:Cyrtoctenida 337: 333: 328: 327: 325: 322: 318: 312: 311: 310:Marsupipterus 306: 304: 303: 298: 297: 293: 282: 278: 274: 268: 264: 263: 261: 256: 251: 246: 240: 237: 236: 233: 232:Sclerophorata 230: 227: 224: 223: 220: 217: 214: 213: 210: 207: 204: 203: 200: 197: 194: 193: 190: 187: 184: 183: 178: 173: 169: 166: 162: 158: 154: 153: 147: 143: 138: 132: 124: 119: 114: 109: 104: 99: 94: 89: 84: 79: 74: 69: 63: 56: 52: 44: 41: 37: 33: 19: 8782: 8694: 8687: 8680: 8660: 8653: 8646: 8639: 8632: 8625: 8618: 8611: 8604: 8599:Hughmilleria 8597: 8590: 8583: 8576: 8569: 8562: 8555: 8548: 8431:Pterygotidae 8367:Mixopteridae 8323:Eurypteridae 8198:Stylonuridae 8118: 8109: 8100: 8091: 8082: 8053: 7998:the original 7993: 7956: 7952: 7909: 7903: 7862: 7858: 7827: 7823: 7768: 7764: 7719: 7715: 7674: 7670: 7648:(1): 19–30. 7645: 7641: 7637: 7626:the original 7613: 7609: 7600: 7565: 7561: 7528: 7524: 7515: 7511: 7502: 7489:. Retrieved 7482:the original 7445: 7441: 7432: 7412: 7400:the original 7387: 7383: 7351: 7347: 7315: 7311: 7308:Vinetopterus 7307: 7304:Alkenopterus 7303: 7270: 7266: 7236:(1): 13–27. 7233: 7229: 7191:(1): 15–45. 7188: 7182: 7173: 7169: 7145: 7109: 7105: 7084: 7080: 7059: 7055: 7009:(169): 169. 7006: 7000: 6986: 6940: 6934: 6911: 6907: 6860: 6854: 6810:(1): 49–61. 6807: 6803: 6758: 6754: 6750: 6715: 6711: 6690: 6686: 6677: 6673: 6652: 6648: 6631: 6627: 6594: 6590: 6568:(1): 15–18. 6565: 6561: 6555: 6533: 6505: 6501: 6474: 6464: 6437: 6426: 6416: 6412: 6386:(1): 39–45. 6383: 6379: 6375: 6340: 6336: 6307: 6303: 6276: 6272: 6266: 6244: 6235:Bibliography 6228:, p. 3. 6221: 6209: 6197: 6185: 6173: 6161: 6149: 6137: 6125: 6113: 6101: 6089: 6077: 6065: 6053: 6041: 6014: 6002: 5990: 5978: 5966: 5954: 5942: 5930: 5918: 5906: 5894: 5882: 5870: 5858: 5831: 5819: 5807: 5802:, p. 1. 5795: 5783: 5771: 5759: 5718: 5714: 5704: 5663: 5659: 5649: 5637: 5625: 5598: 5569: 5564:, p. 3. 5557: 5545: 5533: 5521: 5509: 5476: 5464: 5452: 5440: 5428: 5406:, p. 6. 5399: 5394:, p. 1. 5357: 5345: 5333: 5321: 5309: 5297: 5285: 5273: 5261: 5249: 5237: 5193: 5181: 5139: 5127: 5115: 5103: 5091: 5079: 5067: 5040: 5028: 5016: 5004: 4992: 4980: 4930: 4918: 4906: 4894: 4882: 4830: 4799: 4787: 4721:Størmer 1955 4716: 4543: 4525:Pterygotidae 4523: 4496: 4463: 4427: 4375:Mixopteridae 4373: 4353: 4317: 4246: 4228:Eurypteridae 4226: 4199: 4150: 4105: 4019: 3999: 3972: 3930: 3910: 3864:Stylonuridae 3862: 3842: 3794: 3760: 3747:between the 3745: 3741: 3737: 3733: 3723: 3713: 3554: 3552: 3537: 3509: 3481: 3479: 3454: 3452: 3436: 3434: 3411: 3409: 3384: 3382: 3368:Pseudoniscus 3366: 3364: 3293: 3277: 3254: 3252: 3225:Willwerathia 3223: 3221: 3198: 3196: 3160: 3158: 3125: 3123: 3107: 3105: 3074: 3072: 3043: 3041: 2995: 2993: 2977: 2976: 2955:Palaeoisopus 2953: 2951: 2892: 2890: 2874: 2872: 2849: 2847: 2802: 2800: 2784: 2768: 2766: 2730: 2728: 2680:paraphyletic 2673: 2667: 2663: 2659: 2652: 2636: 2626: 2617: 2603: 2594:such as the 2550: 2546:Hughmilleria 2544: 2540: 2537:Erettopterus 2536: 2532: 2528: 2524:Onychopterus 2522: 2516: 2510: 2506: 2500: 2496: 2491: 2481: 2468: 2464: 2455: 2449: 2443: 2434: 2422: 2418: 2414: 2410: 2406: 2404: 2376: 2370: 2367:Entomostraca 2360: 2356: 2352: 2346: 2333: 2329: 2305: 2297: 2296:in 1836 and 2293: 2291: 2286: 2283:Eurypteridae 2274: 2268: 2264: 2256: 2250: 2221: 2218:Branchiopoda 2213: 2199: 2192:Westmoreland 2181: 2169: 2136: 2125:C. permianus 2124: 2120: 2116: 2112: 2106: 2100: 2098: 2089: 2084: 2079: 2074: 2066: 2062: 2057: 2056: 2051: 2045: 2040: 2036: 2025: 2015: 2009: 1991: 1983: 1962: 1945: 1943: 1919: 1899: 1891: 1888: 1883: 1866: 1858: 1854: 1834: 1832: 1808: 1801: 1797:Pterygotidae 1784:Erettopterus 1782: 1766: 1762: 1756: 1734: 1715: 1709: 1698: 1693: 1692: 1690:appendages. 1663: 1654: 1644: 1638: 1612: 1597: 1591: 1568:spermathecae 1540: 1538: 1532: 1528: 1526: 1521: 1517: 1511: 1508: 1498: 1479: 1454: 1449: 1446:jawless fish 1439: 1431: 1429: 1418: 1412: 1408: 1404: 1398: 1386: 1382: 1375: 1368: 1362: 1343: 1341: 1334: 1330: 1312: 1296:megacheirans 1289: 1266: 1258: 1230:asphyxiation 1226: 1193: 1187:Kiemenplatte 1183: 1166: 1158: 1128: 1122: 1118: 1112: 1105:South Africa 1100: 1098: 1087: 1085: 1077: 1036: 1029: 1024: 1020: 1015: 1009: 994: 979: 951: 928: 924: 920: 918: 913:Arthropleura 911: 901: 894: 888: 886: 880: 873: 870:A. bohemicus 869: 863: 859: 857: 852: 848: 842: 838: 832: 827: 809: 807: 800: 794: 787: 781: 778:A. bohemicus 777: 771: 765: 759: 728: 672: 649: 627: 608:Pterygotidae 597: 569:chelicerates 559:composed of 546: 538: 516: 510: 494:Alkenopterus 492: 486: 484: 477: 475: 463: 461: 447: 425: 402: 367: 356: 352: 351: 308: 300: 291: 244: 225: 150: 131:Jiangshanian 55:Late Permian 40: 36:Eurypteridae 34:itself, see 8920:Eurypterida 8848:iNaturalist 8813:Eurypterida 8807:Wikispecies 8783:Eurypterida 8696:Palmichnium 8673:Ichnogenera 8571:Carcinosoma 8265:Eurypterina 8158:Stylonurina 8096:Prosomapoda 8078:Chelicerata 8076:Subphylum: 8054:Eurypterids 7176:(3): 1–278. 6508:: 255–270. 6202:Tetlie 2007 5642:Tetlie 2007 5574:Tetlie 2007 5538:Tetlie 2006 5526:Selden 1999 5502:Tetlie 2007 5481:Tetlie 2007 5469:Tetlie 2007 5242:Selden 1999 5230:Selden 1999 5159:Selden 1985 5144:Selden 1985 5132:Selden 1985 5120:Selden 1985 5108:Selden 1985 5021:Selden 1999 5009:Selden 1999 4997:Selden 1999 4954:Tetlie 2007 4935:Tetlie 2008 4887:Briggs 1985 4823:Tetlie 2007 4084:Eurypterina 3773:Stylonurina 3761:Eurypterida 3720:Stylonurina 3715:Bassipterus 3710:Eurypterina 3555:Eurypterida 3483:Bembicosoma 3239:Xiphosurida 3162:Legrandella 3076:Weinbergina 3059:Prosomapoda 2938:Pycnogonida 2926:Chelicerata 2894:Leanchoilia 2770:Emeraldella 2753:Antennulata 2704:Xiphosurida 2700:Prosomapoda 2669:Rhenopterus 2622:BlattfĂźssen 2592:xiphosurans 2469:E. fischeri 2351:classified 2119:had, while 1954:brachiopods 1926:eurypterine 1924:, the only 1726:aglaspidids 1712:Precambrian 1680:Tremadocian 1668:Darriwilian 1436:cannibalism 1405:Carcinosoma 1300:crustaceans 1285:sea spiders 1281:xiphosurans 1235:BlattfĂźssen 1209:BlattfĂźssen 1184:Though the 1163:(pictured). 1137:Respiration 1114:Palmichnium 1055:sea turtles 997:Stylonurina 986:stylonurine 962:eurypterine 908:exoskeleton 715:BlattfĂźssen 620:Eurypterina 581:opisthosoma 529:Description 448:Eurypterida 436:fresh water 395:chelicerate 372:Darriwilian 368:Eurypterida 353:Eurypterids 302:Dorfopterus 277:Stylonurina 267:Eurypterina 245:Eurypterida 219:Chelicerata 215:Subphylum: 51:Darriwilian 18:Eurypterida 8909:Categories 8662:Stylonurus 8648:Pterygotus 8627:Mixopterus 8620:Megarachne 8585:Eurypterus 8470:Ordovician 8426:Slimonidae 8337:Infraorder 8114:Dekatriata 8105:Planaterga 8072:Arthropoda 7601:Eurypterus 7491:2018-10-09 7433:Eurypterus 7422:B0043KRIVC 7184:Cladistics 6943:(98): 98. 6419:: 157–158. 6248:. Norton. 5935:M'Coy 1849 5836:White 1927 4985:Whyte 2005 4704:References 4545:Slimonidae 3722:, such as 3712:, such as 3497:Dekatriata 3456:Limuloides 3344:Planaterga 3280:Belinurina 3256:Lunataspis 3109:Venustulus 2979:Pycnogonum 2834:Megacheira 2732:Fuxianhuia 2715:Arthropoda 2692:Dekatriata 2660:Eurypterus 2627:Pterygotus 2533:Pterygotus 2507:Stylonurus 2497:Eurypterus 2490:published 2477:homologies 2451:Stylonurus 2439:James Hall 2437:(1859) by 2415:Eurypterus 2381:David Page 2377:Pterygotus 2357:Eurypterus 2353:Pterygotus 2334:Eurypterus 2330:Pterygotus 2319:winged one 2306:Pterygotus 2287:Eurypterus 2281:) and the 2265:Eurypterus 2259:Trilobiten 2222:Eurypterus 2168:Figure of 2158:See also: 2094:Leonardian 2033:rhizodonts 1987:placoderms 1900:Pterygotus 1892:Acutiramus 1884:Eurypterus 1875:equatorial 1871:Euramerica 1867:Eurypterus 1859:Eurypterus 1855:E. remipes 1847:scavenging 1839:generalist 1835:Eurypterus 1730:strabopids 1657:Ordovician 1610:material. 1592:Eurypterus 1581:ovipositor 1563:BlattfĂźsse 1541:Eurypterus 1522:D. lobatus 1414:Eurypterus 1409:Acutiramus 1383:Mixopterus 1364:Pterygotus 1344:Eurypterus 1302:and basal 1292:trilobites 1170:BlattfĂźsse 1157:, such as 1089:Mixopterus 984:, a large 953:Eurypterus 935:Locomotion 875:Pterygotus 865:Acutiramus 849:E. grandis 698:BlattfĂźsse 676:BlattfĂźsse 648:, notably 604:homologous 600:chelicerae 549:arthropods 540:Eurypterus 518:Pterygotus 507:Euramerica 404:Eurypterus 376:Ordovician 361:arthropods 258:Suborders 250:Burmeister 209:Arthropoda 46:Eurypterid 32:Eurypterus 8739:Metastoma 8723:Xiphosura 8713:Arachnida 8500:Geography 8064:Kingdom: 7973:129427356 7846:133765946 7811:129319753 7803:0016-7649 7699:0024-4082 7622:0366-0176 7553:0031-0182 7470:1478-0941 7396:0038-6804 7390:: 39–54. 7332:127313845 7295:252467508 7287:0891-2963 7258:1502-3931 7205:1502-3931 6895:221590821 6834:1478-0941 6791:129243775 6783:1475-4983 6582:131539776 6295:0024-4082 6245:Evolution 5751:246819305 5743:0891-2963 5688:1477-2019 4709:Citations 3539:Arachnida 3183:Xiphosura 3127:Camanchia 3045:Offacolus 2997:Haliestes 2653:In 1866, 2600:arachnids 2482:In 1912, 2444:In 1865, 2362:Belinurus 2347:In 1849, 2342:Seraphims 2328:in 1839. 2275:Cytherina 2270:Cytherina 2251:In 1843, 2248:'wing'). 2129:Kungurian 2113:Hastimima 2102:Hastimima 1969:Famennian 1843:predation 1741:Laurentia 1533:operculum 1529:metastoma 1308:arachnids 1304:myriapods 1151:posterior 1059:sea lions 1001:sea floor 690:leaf-feet 656:scorpions 651:Eusarcana 553:segmented 440:scorpions 392:Paleozoic 195:Kingdom: 189:Eukaryota 161:Karlsruhe 129:Possible 8822:BugGuide 8792:Wikidata 8760:Category 8682:Arcuites 8655:Slimonia 8480:Devonian 8475:Silurian 8262:Suborder 8155:Suborder 8132:Taxonomy 8070:Phylum: 8066:Animalia 7982:Websites 7936:16319874 7891:16587225 7752:46953627 7707:84268058 7662:85862868 7590:88413267 7518:: 79–90. 7478:83519549 7221:85744103 7213:34814371 7136:26289442 7043:26324341 6977:23663507 6914:: 1–27. 6887:32916114 6842:85398946 6742:19828493 6619:83826460 6400:90662577 6367:18029297 5696:59488956 4692:Cottidae 4645:See also 4493:  4416:  4306:  4196:  4139:  4094:  3969:  3783:  3354:  3295:Limulina 3249:  3193:  3155:  3095:  3069:  2948:  2844:  2804:Sidneyia 2763:  2725:  2639:subclass 2602:such as 2551:Strabops 2541:Slimonia 2512:Eusarcus 2458:(1893), 2401:in 1912. 2372:Slimonia 2338:Scotland 2279:ostracod 2184:New York 1965:Frasnian 1940:periods. 1910:Devonian 1793:Devonian 1789:Silurian 1773:Silurian 1753:Avalonia 1749:seafloor 1745:demersal 1722:Missouri 1717:Strabops 1707:period. 1705:Cambrian 1688:peytoiid 1678:of Late 1452:itself. 1370:Birkenia 1298:, basal 1277:ontogeny 1242:Ontogeny 1222:pleopods 1218:tracheae 1200:plastron 1175:spinules 1130:Arcuites 1109:Gondwana 1074:holotype 732:anterior 701:and the 668:metasoma 664:mesosoma 640:and the 623:suborder 591:and the 585:carapace 561:proteins 432:brackish 409:Devonian 399:Silurian 321:Synonyms 205:Phylum: 199:Animalia 185:Domain: 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Eukaryota
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Arthropoda
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