Pentecopterus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Megalograptoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Merostomata Ordo: †Eurypterida Superfamilia: †Megalograptoidea

Familia: Megalograptidae

Genus: Pentecopterus
Species: P. decorahensis

Name

Pentecopterus Lamsdell, James C. et al., 2015

References

• Lamsdell, James C. et al., 2015: The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15: 169. DOI: 10.1186/s12862-015-0443-9