Clarkeipterus

Clarkeipterus
Temporal range:
Clarkeipterus testudineus 1-2
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Family: †Dolichopteridae
Genus: †
Kjellesvig-Waering 1966
Species
  • ?C. otisius (Clarke, 1907)
  • C. testudineus (Clarke & Ruedeman, 1912)

Clarkeipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Dolichopteridae. The genus contains two species, C. otisius and C. testudineus, both from the Silurian Bertie Formation of the United States.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kiaeropterus (Eurypterida; Stylonurina) recognized from the Silurian of the Pentland Hills O. ERIK TETLIE1, LYALL I. ANDERSON2 & MARKUS POSCHMANN3


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