Mycteroptidae Temporal range: Late Carboniferous-Late Permian,
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Suborder: | †Stylonurina |
Superfamily: | †Mycteropoidea |
Family: | †Mycteroptidae Cope, 1886 |
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Mycterops Cope, 1886
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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 (along with Hibbertopteridae and Drepanopteridae), which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.
Mycteroptids were sweep-feeding eurypterids known from the Late Carboniferous[1] to the Late Permian.[2]
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