Hardieopteridae

Hardieopteridae
Temporal occurrence
	lower Silurian to upper Devonian
	443.4 to 358.9 million years
Locations
	North America; Europe;
Systematics
Sub-stem :	Jawbearers (Chelicerata)
Class :	Hip mouths (Merostomata)
Order :	Sea scorpions (Eurypterida)
Subordination :	Stylonurina
Superfamily :	Kokomopteroidea
Family :	Hardieopteridae
Scientific name
	Hardieopteridae
	Tollerton , 1989

Hardieopteridae is a family of the suborder Stylonurina from the order of the sea scorpions (Eurypterida).

features

In the species from the Hardieopteridae family, the metastoma had a notch at the rear end and lateral pleuras. The prosomal limbs II to IV are unknown, V was spiky and VI not ( Hardieopterus type). The telson was club-shaped.

Locations

Representatives of the Hardieopteridae family have been found in North America (states New York and Pennsylvania ) and Europe ( Germany , England and Scotland ).

Systematics

The family was in 1989 by Jr. Victor P. Tollerton erected. According to Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie 2010, it includes the following genera:

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literature

James C. Lamsdell, Simon J. Braddy, O. Erik Tetlie: The systematics and phylogeny of the Stylonurina (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Eurypterida) . In: Journal of Systematic Palaeontology . Volume 8, No. 1 , 2010, p. 49-61 , doi : 10.1080 / 14772011003603564 .

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Victor P. Tollerton Jr .: Mophology, Taxonomy, and Classification of the order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843 . In: Journal of Paleontology . Volume 63, No. 5 , 1989, pp. 642-657 .
^ O. Erik Tetlie: Distribution and dispersal history of Eurypterida (Chelicerata) . In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . Volume 252, 2007, pp. 557-574 , doi : 10.1016 / j.palaeo.2007.05.011 .

[Tollerton1989-1] A ^b Victor P. Tollerton Jr .: Mophology, Taxonomy, and Classification of the order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843 . In: Journal of Paleontology . Volume 63, No. 5 , 1989, pp. 642-657 .

[Tetlie2007-2] O. Erik Tetlie: Distribution and dispersal history of Eurypterida (Chelicerata) . In: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology . Volume 252, 2007, pp. 557-574 , doi : 10.1016 / j.palaeo.2007.05.011 .