| Laurieipterus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Family: | †Stylonuridae |
| Subfamily: | †Laurieipterinae |
| Genus: | †Laurieipterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966 |
| Type species | |
| Laurieipterus elegans (Laurie, 1899)
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Laurieipterus is a genus of a eurypterid classified as part of the family Stylonuridae.[1] It contains one species, L. elegans from the Early Silurian of Scotland.[2]
- ^ Lamsdell, J. C.; Braddy, S. J.; Tetlie, O. E. (2010). "The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 8: 49. doi:10.1080/14772011003603564.
- ^ 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).