Definition of Eurypterids. Meaning of Eurypterids. Synonyms of Eurypterids

- Eurypterids, often informally called sea scorpions, are a group of extinct arthropods that form the order Eurypterida. The earliest known eurypterids...
- are no longer considered eurypterids. The list currently includes 115 names out of which 74 are considered valid eurypterid genera. There are approximately...
- formation was, unlike the typical living environments of eurypterids (especially the swimming eurypterids of the suborder Eurypterina), a freshwater environment...
- America and Great Britain. Carcinosomatid eurypterids had unusual proportions and features compared to other eurypterids, with a broad abdomen, thin and long...
- tail spike differentiate it from most other eurypterids, but are shared with other carcinosomatid eurypterids. The triangular carapace, oddly positioned...
- in at least some eurypterids. Though sometimes, and often historically, treated as distinct genera, the hibbertopterid eurypterids Cyrtoctenus and Dunsopterus...
- Until recently, eurypterids were thought to belong to the class Merostomata along with order Xiphosura. It is now believed that eurypterids are a sister...
- species of first ever eurypterid to be scientifically described, Eurypterus remipes, in 1825. Over 250 species of eurypterids in 74 recognized valid...
- Braddy, Poschmann and Tetlie. The pterygotid eurypterids include many of the largest known eurypterids, such as Pterygotus and Acutiramus. Several factors...
- Erettopterus is classified as part of the eurypterid family Pterygotidae, a family differentiated from other eurypterids by their flattened telsons (the most...