| Onychopterellidae Temporal range: | |
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| Fossil of Tylopterella. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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 | |
Onychopterellidae are an extinct family of eurypterids. The family is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Onychopterelloidea. Genera included are Onychopterella and Tylopterella.[1] Alkenopterus was once included in the Onychopterellidae[2] but has since been classified in its own family, Alkenopteridae.[1]
See also
References
- Lamsdell, James C. (2025). "Codex Eurypterida: A Revised Taxonomy Based on Concordant Parsimony and Bayesian Phylogenetic Analyses". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 2025 (473): 90–92. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.473.1.1.
- 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 Archived 2015-11-29 at the Wayback Machine (PDF).