| Erieopterus Temporal range: | |
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| 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 | |
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Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine and freshwater[1] strata of North America. The genus contains three species from the Silurian to the Devonian.[2] Erieopterus is the only genus in the family Erieopteridae, part of the Dolichopteroidea superfamily.[2]
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[2]
- "Erieopterus laticeps" (Schmidt, 1883) — Silurian, Norway, assigned to Strobilopterus[2]
- "Erieopterus limuloides" (Kjellesvig-Waering, 1948) — Silurian, USA, assigned to Barusopterus[2]
- "Erieopterus turgidus" Stumm & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1962 — Silurian, USA, synonym of E. microphthalmus[2]
References
- "The Old Red Sandstone of Great Britain (Geological Conservation Review Series No. 31) | JNCC Resource Hub". hub.jncc.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-20.
- Lamsdell, J. C. (2025). "Codex Eurypterida: a revised taxonomy based on concordant parsimony and Bayesian phylogenetic analyses". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 473: 97–101. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.473.1.1. hdl:2246/7507.