Strobilopterus

Strobilopterus
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
Fossil of S. proteus (left) with its counterpart (right)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Family: †Strobilopteridae
Genus: †Strobilopterus
Ruedemann, 1935
Type species
Strobilopterus princetonii
Ruedemann, 1934
Other species
  • S. laticeps Schmidt, 1883
  • S. proteus Lamsdell & Selden, 2013
  • S. richardsoni Kjellesvig-Waering, 1961
Synonyms
  • Syntomopterella Tetlie, 2007

Strobilopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Strobilopteridae. The genus contains four species, two from the Devonian of Wyoming, United States (S. princetonii and S. proteus), one from the Devonian of Ohio, United States (S. richardsoni) and one from the Silurian of Estonia (S. laticeps).[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 (PDF).