Kokomopteroidea

Kokomopteroidea
Temporal range: Early Silurian - Late Devonian, 443.7–376.1 Ma
Reconstruction of Kokomopterus, a kokomopterid.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Suborder: Stylonurina
Superfamily: Kokomopteroidea
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
Families

Kokomopteroidea is an extinct superfamily of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". It is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina. Kokomopteroids have been recovered from deposits of Early Silurian to Late Devonian age in the United States and the United Kingdom.[1]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Kokomopteroidea". fossilworks.org. Retrieved 17 December 2021.