BuffalopterusW
Buffalopterus

Buffalopterus is a prehistoric eurypterid from the Silurian-aged Bertie Formation of New York and Ontario. The genus contains one species, B. pustulosus. It is closely related to Strobilopterus, but differs primarily by having a bizarre, globular telson, and in size, being estimated to be at least 1 meter in length.

CarcinosomatidaeW
Carcinosomatidae

Carcinosomatidae is a family of extinct arthropods in the class Eurypterida. These eurypterids are found from the Silurian to the Devonian periods. The family contains four genera; Carcinosoma, Eocarcinosoma, Eusarcana and Rhinocarcinosoma.

CarcinosomatoideaW
Carcinosomatoidea

Carcinosomatoidea is an extinct superfamily of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". It is one of the superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Eurypterina.

ClarkeipterusW
Clarkeipterus

Clarkeipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Dolichopteridae. The genus contains two species, C. otisius and C. testudineus, both from the Silurian Bertie Formation of the United States.

CtenopterusW
Ctenopterus

Ctenopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Stylonuridae. It contains only one species, Ctenopterus cestrotus from the Early Silurian of Otisville, New York.

DiploperculataW
Diploperculata

Diploperculata is an infraorder of eurypterids, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The name, derived from Greek διπλόω ("double") and operculum, refers to the distinguishing feature that unites the superfamilies included in the group, that the genital operculum is made up of two fused segments.

DolichopteridaeW
Dolichopteridae

Dolichopteridae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods.

DolichopterusW
Dolichopterus

Dolichopterus is a genus of prehistoric sea scorpions, arthropods in the order Eurypterida. Fossils of Dolichopterus have been discovered in deposits ranging from Silurian to Devonian, and have been referred to several different species, some of them of dubious affinity to this genus.

EchinognathusW
Echinognathus

Echinognathus is a genus of eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods. Classified as part of the family Megalograptidae, the genus contains one only species, E. clevelandi, whose fossils have been found in deposits from the Katian age of the Late Ordovician period of New York. The name of the species, clevelandi, honors William N. Cleveland, who found the specimens that were used for the description of Echinognathus.

ErieopterusW
Erieopterus

Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine strata of Europe and North America. The genus contains eight species from the Silurian to the Devonian, recovered from both North America and Europe.

EurypteridaeW
Eurypteridae

Eurypteridae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods. The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Eurypteroidea, which in turn is one of the superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Eurypterina. The family contains two genera, Erieopterus and Eurypterus.

EurypteroideaW
Eurypteroidea

Eurypteroidea are an extinct superfamily of eurypterids. It contains three families and two genera of uncertain classification, Paraeurypterus and Pentlandopterus.

HallipterusW
Hallipterus

Hallipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Hardieopteridae.

HardieopteridaeW
Hardieopteridae

The Hardieopteridae are a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of two families contained in the superfamily Kokomopteroidea, which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina. Hardieopterids have been recovered from deposits of Early Silurian to Late Devonian age in the United States and the United Kingdom.

HardieopterusW
Hardieopterus

Hardieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Hardieopteridae. The genus contains four species, all Silurian in age; H. lanarkensis and H. macrophthalmus from Scotland, H. megalops from England and H. myops from the United States.

HastimimaW
Hastimima

Hastimima is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Mycteroptidae. It contains one valid species, Hastimima whitei, recovered from the Permian Hermit Shale of Arizona, and one dubious species, H. sewardi, from the Devonian of South Africa. Though clearly a mycteropoid eurypterid, the material referred to H. sewardi is so fragmentary that it is questionable if it possesses any diagnostic value at all.

KokomopteridaeW
Kokomopteridae

The Kokomopteridae are a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of two families contained in the superfamily Kokomopteroidea, which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.

KokomopteroideaW
Kokomopteroidea

Kokomopteroidea is an extinct superfamily of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". It is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina. Kokomopteroids have been recovered from deposits of Early Silurian to Late Devonian age in the United States and the United Kingdom.

KokomopterusW
Kokomopterus

Kokomopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid. The genus contains a single species, Kokomopterus longicaudatus, known from the Silurian of Kokomo, Indiana.

LanarkopterusW
Lanarkopterus

Lanarkopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid with one recognised species, Lanarkopterus dolichoschelus. Lanarkopterus was long seen as a species of the closely related Mixopterus, though more complete specimens discovered in the 1960s determined that it differed in several aspects, enough to warrant a separate genus.

LaurieipterusW
Laurieipterus

Laurieipterus is a genus of a eurypterid classified as part of the family Stylonuridae. It contains one species, L. elegans from the Early Silurian of Scotland.

MegalograptidaeW
Megalograptidae

Megalograptidae are a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions".

MixopteridaeW
Mixopteridae

The Mixopteridae are a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of two families contained in the superfamily Carcinosomatoidea, which in turn is one of the superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Eurypterina.

MoselopteridaeW
Moselopteridae

Moselopteridae are an extinct family of eurypterids. It is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Moselopteroidea, and contains three genera: Moselopterus, Stoermeropterus and Vinetopterus.

MycteropsW
Mycterops

Mycterops is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Mycteroptidae. Mycterops lived during the Carboniferous period in Europe and North America.

MycteroptidaeW
Mycteroptidae

Mycteroptidae are a family of eurypterids, a group of extinct chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Mycteropoidea, which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.

OnychopterellidaeW
Onychopterellidae

Onychopterellidae are an extinct family of eurypterids. The family is the only family classified as part of the superfamily Onychopterelloidea. Genera included are Alkenopterus, Onychopterella and Tylopterella.

PageaW
Pagea

Pagea is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Stylonuridae. It contains three species, all from the Devonian; P. plotnicki from Nunavut, Canada and P. sturrocki and P. symondsii from the Old Red Sandstone of the United Kingdom. The genus is named in honor of David Page, an early worker on the fauna of the Old Red Sandstone and describer of the first Stylonurine eurypterid.

PalmichniumW
Palmichnium

Palmichnium is an ichnofossil genus, interpreted as a eurypterid trackway. It has been found by many places around the world, such as Australia, Canada, United States or Wales.

ParastylonuridaeW
Parastylonuridae

The Parastylonuridae are a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of two families contained in the superfamily Stylonuroidea, which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.

RhenopterusW
Rhenopterus

Rhenopterus is an extinct prehistoric eurypterid. Fossils of Rhenopterus have been recovered from deposits of Lower Devonian age in Germany.

RhinocarcinosomaW
Rhinocarcinosoma

Rhinocarcinosoma is a genus of Silurian eurypterid, with a triangular carapace, laterally positioned eyes, and a curved telson. It is classified as part of the family Carcinosomatidae and contains three species, two from New York, United States and R. dosonensis, a species described in 2002 from the Dô Son Formation of the Dô Son Peninsula of northern Vietnam.

RuedemannipterusW
Ruedemannipterus

Ruedemannipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Dolichopteridae. The genus contains one species, R. stylonuroides, known from the Silurian of New York.

StoermeropterusW
Stoermeropterus

Stoermeropterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid from the Silurian period in Europe and North America classified as part of the Moselopteridae family. The genus contains three species, S. conicus and S. latus from Ringerike, Norway and S. nodosus from West Virginia.

StrobilopteridaeW
Strobilopteridae

Strobilopteridae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian and Devonian periods. The family is one of three families contained in the superfamily Eurypteroidea, which in turn is one of the superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Eurypterina. The family contains two genera, Buffalopterus and Strobilopterus.

StrobilopterusW
Strobilopterus

Strobilopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Strobilopteridae. The genus contains four species, two from the Devonian of Wyoming, United States, one from the Devonian of Ohio, United States and one from the Silurian of Estonia.

StylonuridaeW
Stylonuridae

Stylonuridae is a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of two families contained in the superfamily Stylonuroidea, which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.

StylonurusW
Stylonurus

Stylonurus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Stylonuridae. The genus contains three species: Stylonurus powriensis from the Devonian of Scotland, Stylonurus shaffneri from the Devonian of Pennsylvania and Stylonurus perspicillum from the Devonian of Germany.

WaeringopterusW
Waeringopterus

Waeringopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterids from the Silurian of North America. The genus contains two species, W. apfeli from New York and Ontario and W. cumberlandicus from West Virginia.