| Marsupipterus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Family: | †incertae sedis |
| Genus: | †Marsupipterus Caster & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1955 |
| Type species | |
| Marsupipterus sculpturatus Caster & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1955
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Marsupipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid with an uncertain classification. The genus contains one species, Marsupipterus sculpturatus, from the Silurian of England.[1]
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