Kokomopteroidea

Kokomopteroidea
Temporal occurrence
	lower Silurian to upper Devonian
	443.4 to 358.9 million years
Locations
	North America; Europe;
Systematics
Trunk :	Arthropod (arthropoda)
Sub-stem :	Jawbearers (Chelicerata)
Class :	Hip mouths (Merostomata)
Order :	Sea scorpions (Eurypterida)
Subordination :	Stylonurina
Superfamily :	Kokomopteroidea
Scientific name
	Kokomopteroidea
	Kjellesvig-Waering , 1966

Kokomopteroidea is a superfamily of the suborder Stylonurina from the order of the sea scorpions (Eurypterida).

features

In the species from the superfamily Kokomopteroidea, the metastoma had a notch at the rear end. The prosomal limb V was spiky.

Locations

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

Systematics

The superfamily was set up in 1966 by Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering . According to Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie 2010, it includes the following families:

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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

^ 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 .
↑ Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering : A revision of the families and genera of the Stylonuracea (Eurypterida) . In: Fieldiana Geology . Volume 14, 1966, pp. 169-197 .

[Tetlie2007-1] 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 .

[Kjellesvig-Waering1966-2] Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering : A revision of the families and genera of the Stylonuracea (Eurypterida) . In: Fieldiana Geology . Volume 14, 1966, pp. 169-197 .