Kokomopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid.[1] The genus contains a single species, Kokomopterus longicaudatus, known from the Silurian of Kokomo, Indiana.[2]
| Kokomopterus Temporal range: Late Silurian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Kokomopteroidea |
| Family: | †Kokomopteridae |
| Genus: | †Kokomopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966 |
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| †Kokomopterus longicaudatus Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ Morphology, Taxonomy, and Classification of the Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843 V. P. Tollerton, Jr. Journal of Paleontology Vol. 63, No. 5 (Sep., 1989), pp. 642-657
- ^ Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).
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