Mycterops is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid

Eurypterid

Eurypterids are an extinct group of arthropods related to arachnids which include the largest known arthropods that ever lived. They are members of the extinct order Eurypterida ; which is the most diverse Paleozoic chelicerate order in terms of species...

 of the Family Mycteroptidae. Mycterops lived in the Carboniferous period in Europe and North America.

Description

Mycteroptids were medium-sized to fairly large. Their outer surface had numerous scales and reticulate ornamentation. Their first and possibly second tergites (dorsal surfaces of the abdominal sections) were strongly developed. Their legs resembled those of Stylonurus

Stylonurus

Stylonurus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the Family Stylonuridae.-Description:Stylonurids, which lived from the Ordovician to Lower Permian periods, were small to very large forms with scales developing into tubercules and knobs. The prosoma exhibited variable shape, with arcuate...

. The prosoma (head) was subtrapezoid, with small compound eyes.

Species

• Mycterops Cope, 1886
• Mycterops blairi Waterston, 1968
• Mycterops matthieui Pruvost, 1924
• Mycterops ordinatus Cope, 1886
• ?Mycterops whitei Schram, 1984