Waeringopterus

Waeringopterus
Temporal range: Late Silurian, 418.7–416 Ma
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Fossil carapaces referred to Waeringopterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: †Eurypterida
Superfamily: †Waeringopteroidea
Family: †Waeringopteridae
Genus: †Waeringopterus
Leutze, 1961
Type species
†Waeringopterus cumberlandicus
Swartz, 1923
Species
  • †W. apfeli Leutze, 1961
  • †W. cumberlandicus Leutze, 1961

Waeringopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterids from the Silurian of North America.[1] The genus contains two species, W. apfeli from the Syracuse and Vernon Formations of New York and Ontario and W. cumberlandicus from the Wills Creek Formation, West Virginia.[2] Fossils of the genus also were found in the Indian Point Formation of Quebec.

  1. ^ J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
  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)