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Definition of Eurypteroidea

Eurypteroidea
Eurypteroidea Eu*ryp`te*roi"de*a, n. pl. [NL. See Eurypteroid.] (Paleont.) An extinct order of Merostomata, of which the genus Eurypterus is the type. They are found only in Paleozoic rocks. [Written also Eurypterida.]

Meaning of Eurypteroidea from wikipedia

- Eurypteroidea are an extinct superfamily of eurypterids. It contains three families (Dolichopteridae, Eurypteridae, Strobilopteridae) and two genera of...
- the eurypterine swimming paddles varied from group to group. In the Eurypteroidea, the paddles were similar in shape to oars. The condition of the joints...
- the family Eurypteridae. They are classified under the superfamily Eurypteroidea, suborder Eurypterina, order Eurypterida, and the subphylum Chelicerata...
- to be relatively primitive (between the genus Onychopterella and the Eurypteroidea) because they lack the synapomorphy of all more derived swimming eurypterines...
- might instead belong between the Eurypteroidea and Carcinosomatoidea. In contrast to the Megalograptoidea, the Eurypteroidea is a rather well-known clade...
- Onychopterelloidea Onychopterellidae Moselopteroidea Moselopteridae Eurypteroidea Dolichopteridae Eurypteridae Strobilopteridae Infraorder Diploperculata...
- basal, between the Onychopterelloidea and the Eurypteroidea, or more derived, between the Eurypteroidea and the Mixopteroidea. No phylogenetic analysis...
- Onychopterelloidea Onychopterellidae Moselopteroidea Moselopteridae Eurypteroidea Dolichopteridae Eurypteridae Strobilopteridae Infraorder Diploperculata...
- Onychopterelloidea Onychopterellidae Moselopteroidea Moselopteridae Eurypteroidea Dolichopteridae Eurypteridae Strobilopteridae Infraorder Diploperculata...
- Onychopterelloidea Onychopterellidae Moselopteroidea Moselopteridae Eurypteroidea Dolichopteridae Eurypteridae Strobilopteridae Infraorder Diploperculata...