Lamontopterus
Lamontopterus Temporal range: Early Silurian,
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Superfamily: | †Kokomopteroidea |
Family: | †Kokomopteridae |
Genus: | †Lamontopterus Waterston, 1979 |
Type species | |
†Lamontopterus knoxae Lamont, 1955
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Lamontopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Kokomopteridae. It contains one species, Lamontopterus knoxae, from the Early Silurian of Scotland.[1]
See also[]
- List of eurypterids
References[]
- ^ 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).
Categories:
- Stylonurina
- Silurian eurypterids
- Eurypterids of Europe
- Eurypterid stubs