Mycteroptidae
Extinct family of arthropods / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mycteroptidae are a family of eurypterids, a group of extinct chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Mycteropoidea (along with Hibbertopteridae and Drepanopteridae), which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.
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Reconstruction of Megarachne servinei. | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Suborder: | †Stylonurina |
Superfamily: | †Mycteropoidea |
Family: | †Mycteroptidae Cope, 1886 |
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Mycterops Cope, 1886 | |
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Mycteroptids were sweep-feeding eurypterids known from the Late Carboniferous[1] to the Late Permian.[2]