Marsupipterus

Marsupipterus; Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Family:	†incertae sedis
Genus:	†Marsupipterus; Caster & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1955
Type species
	Marsupipterus sculpturatus; Caster & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1955

Marsupipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid with an uncertain classification. The genus contains one species, Marsupipterus sculpturatus, from the Silurian of England.^[1]

References

^ 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).

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[1] 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).

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Marsupipterus

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