Onychopterellidae

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Onychopterellidae are an extinct family of eurypterids. The family is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Onychopterelloidea. Genera included are Alkenopterus, Onychopterella and Tylopterella.[1]

Onychopterellidae
Temporal range: Late Hirnantian–Early Emsian, 443.9–406 Ma
Fossil of Tylopterella.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Suborder: Eurypterina
Superfamily: Onychopterelloidea
Lamsdell, 2011
Family: Onychopterellidae
Lamsdell, 2011
Type species
Onychopterella kokomoensis
Miller & Gurley, 1896
Genera
Synonyms
  • Alkenopteridae Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004

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References

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  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).