Soligorskopterus

Soligorskopterus is a genus of eurypterid, a group of extinct aquatic arthropods. Fossils of Soligorskopterus have been discovered in deposits from the Late Devonian. The genus contains two species: S. tchepeliensis, the type species, from the Middle Famennian stage of Belarus, and S. shpinevi, from the Lower Frasnian stage of Russia. Its name derives from Soligorsk, the closest city from the fossil site of the type species, and the Greek word πτερόν (pteron), which means wing.[1][2]

Soligorskopterus Temporal range: Lower Frasnian-Middle Famennian, 382.7–364.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Stylonuroidea
Family:	†Stylonuridae
Genus:	†Soligorskopterus Plax et al. 2018
Type species
†Soligorskopterus tchepeliensis Plax et al. 2018
Species
†S. shpinevi Naugolnykh & Areshin, 2019 †S. tchepeliensis Plax et al. 2018

See also

• List of eurypterid genera
• Timeline of eurypterid research

References

1. Plax, Dmitry P.; Lamsdell, James C.; Vrazo, Matthew B.; Barbikov, Dmitry V. (2018). "A new genus of eurypterid (Chelicerata, Eurypterida) from the Upper Devonian salt deposits of Belarus". Journal of Paleontology. 92 (5): 1–12. doi:10.1017/jpa.2018.11.
2. Naugolnykh, Serge V.; Areshin, Alexander V. (2019). "A new representative of a stylonuroid eurypterid from the Upper Devonian of the Kursk region, Russia". PalZ: 1–9. doi:10.1007/s12542-019-00501-x.