| Lamontopterus Temporal range: Early Silurian,  | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata | 
| Order: | †Eurypterida | 
| Superfamily: | †Kokomopteroidea | 
| Family: | †Kokomopteridae | 
| Genus: | †Lamontopterus Waterston, 1979 | 
| Type species | |
| †Lamontopterus knoxae Lamont, 1955 | |
Lamontopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified within the family Kokomopteridae. It contains one species, Lamontopterus knoxae, from the Early Silurian of Scotland.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 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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