Pruemopterus

Pruemopterus is a genus of eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods. Fossils of Pruemopterus have been discovered in Devonian deposits of Germany.[1]

Pruemopterus
Temporal range: Lower Emsian, 407.6–402.5 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Adelophthalmoidea
Family: †Adelophthalmidae
Genus: †Pruemopterus
Poschmann, 2020
Type species
†Pruemopterus salgadoi
Poschmann, 2020

See also

References
  1. Poschmann, Markus J. (2020). "A new sea scorpion (Arthropoda, Eurypterida) from the Early Devonian of Willwerath (Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany)". PalZ: 1–10. doi:10.1007/s12542-020-00519-6. S2CID 221478876.


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