Onychopterellidae Temporal range: Late Hirnantian–Early Emsian,
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Fossil of Tylopterella. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Suborder: | †Eurypterina |
Superfamily: | †Onychopterelloidea Lamsdell, 2011 |
Family: | †Onychopterellidae Lamsdell, 2011 |
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†Onychopterella kokomoensis Miller & Gurley, 1896
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Onychopterellidae are an extinct family of eurypterids. The family is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Onychopterelloidea. Genera included are Alkenopterus, Onychopterella and Tylopterella.[1]