Vinetopterus

Vinetopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Devonian period in Europe classified as part of the Moselopteridae family. The genus contains two species, both from Germany: V. struvei and V. martini.[1]

Vinetopterus
Temporal range: Late Pragian-Early Emsian, 409–406 Ma
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Moselopteroidea
Family: †Moselopteridae
Genus: †Vinetopterus
Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004
Type species
†Vinetopterus struvei
Størmer, 1974
Species
  • †V. martini Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004
  • †V. struvei Størmer, 1974

See also
  • List of eurypterids

References
  1. Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch, version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).


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