Tarsopterella is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Hardieopteridae. It contains only one species, T. brewsteri from the Lower Devonian of Scotland.[1]
| Tarsopterella Temporal range: Early Devonian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Kokomopteroidea |
| Family: | †Hardieopteridae |
| Genus: | †Tarsopterella Størmer, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Tarsopterella brewsteri (Woodward, 1864) | |
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Description
editTarsopterella is distinguished by its prosoma (head), which is subrectangular and slightly concave in front, with small compound eyes. Its abdomen has pronounced lateral epimera (marginal spines similar to those of horseshoe crabs). Tarsopterella dates from the Lower Devonian period.[2]
References
edit- ↑ 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: 70–71. doi:10.1206/0003-0090.473.1.1. hdl:2246/7507.
- ↑ Størmer, L 1955. Merostomata. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part P Arthropoda 2, Chelicerata, P38-P39.
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