Erieopterus

Erieopterus Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Llan. W L P Early Dev. Mid. Late Dev.
Fossil of Erieopterus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Dolichopteroidea
Family:	†Erieopteridae Tollerton, 1989
Genus:	†Erieopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958
Type species
†Erieopterus microphthalmus Hall, 1859
Species
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Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine and freshwater strata of North America. The genus contains three species from the Silurian to the Devonian. Erieopterus is the only genus in the family Erieopteridae, part of the Dolichopteroidea superfamily.

Species

• Erieopterus eriensis (Whitfield, 1882) — Silurian, USA
• Erieopterus microphthalmus (Hall, 1859) — Devonian, USA & Canada
• Erieopterus phillipsensis Copeland, 1971 — Silurian. Canada

Invalid species

• "Erieopterus hypsophthalmus" Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958 — Silurian, USA, synonym of E. eriensis
• "Erieopterus laticeps" (Schmidt, 1883) — Silurian, Norway, assigned to Strobilopterus
• "Erieopterus limuloides" (Kjellesvig-Waering, 1948) — Silurian, USA, assigned to Barusopterus
• "Erieopterus turgidus" Stumm & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1962 — Silurian, USA, synonym of E. microphthalmus

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