Brachyopterella

Brachyopterella
Temporal range: Silurian, 428.2–418.7 Ma
The carapace of Brachyopterella compared to that of other rhenopterids Brachyopterus and Rhenopterus, showing its distinct pentagonal shape.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Family: †Rhenopteridae
Genus: †Brachyopterella
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
Species
  • B. pentagonalis Størmer, 1934 (type species)
  • B. ritchiei Waterston, 1979
Synonyms

Brachyopterella is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the Rhenopteridae family. Two species, both from the Silurian period, are known; B. pentagonalis from Norway and B. ritchei from Scotland.[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).