Stylonurella

Stylonurella
Temporal range: Silurian–Devonian
Holotype of Stylonurella? beecheri
Fossil illustration of Stylonurella spinipes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Stylonuroidea
Family: †Parastylonuridae
Genus: †Stylonurella
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
Species
  • †?S. arnoldi Ehlers, 1935
  • †?S. beecheri Hall, 1884
  • †S. spinipes Page, 1859 (type species)

Stylonurella is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid.[1] It is classified within the Parastylonuridae family and contains three species, S. arnoldi and S. beecheri from the Devonian of Pennsylvania, United States and S. spinipes from the Silurian of Kip Burn, Scotland.[2]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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).