Rhenopterus
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Rhenopterus is an extinct prehistoric eurypterid
. Rhenopterus lived in the Lower Devonian period in Europe and possibly North America.
s were small, characterized by scattered tubercules and knobs on the outer surface of the exoskeleton. Their first two (or possibly three) pairs of walking legs had spines; the last two pairs were long and powerful, without spines. The prosoma (head) was subtrapezoidal, with arcuate compound eyes on parallel axes. The male genital appendages were short with two distal spines.
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...
. Rhenopterus lived in the Lower Devonian period in Europe and possibly North America.
Description
RhenopteridRhenopteridae
Rhenopteridae are an extinct family of prehistoric eurypterids that lived in the Lower Devonian period in Europe and possibly North America.-Description:...
s were small, characterized by scattered tubercules and knobs on the outer surface of the exoskeleton. Their first two (or possibly three) pairs of walking legs had spines; the last two pairs were long and powerful, without spines. The prosoma (head) was subtrapezoidal, with arcuate compound eyes on parallel axes. The male genital appendages were short with two distal spines.
Species
- Rhenopterus Størmer, 1936
- Rhenopterus diensti Størmer, 1936 — Lower Devonian, Germany
- Rhenopterus macrotuberculatus Størmer, 1974 - Devonian, Alken an der Mosel
- Rhenopterus tuberculatus Størmer, 1936 - Devonian, Germany