Salteropterus
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Merostomata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Pterygotioidea |
| Family: | †Slimonidae |
| Genus: | †Salteropterus (Salter, 1859) |
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Salteropterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Slimonidae. Salteropterus lived in the Silurian period, and specimens have been recovered in Britain.
Description
Salteropterus is distinguishable by its distinctive telson, or tail, described as follows: "anterior part of carinate telson broadly trigonal with serrated posterior edges and followed by a long flat median stem which expands into a flattened posterior end".[1]
Species
Salteropterus contains only one species:
- S. abbreviatus (Salter, 1859) — Silurian, Herfordshire, England
References
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