Leiopterella
Leiopterella is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Rhenopteridae. It contains one species, Leiopterella tetliei, from the Early Devonian of Nunavut, Canada. The name is said to be derived from the Greek leios (meaning "smooth") and pteros (meaning "wing", a suffix traditionally applied to many eurypterid genera). The proper word for wing in ancient Greek is however pteron (πτερόν). The species name honors Dr. O. Erik Tetlie for his contributions to the study of fossil eurypterids.
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Rhenopteroidea |
| Family: | †Rhenopteridae |
| Genus: | †Leiopterella Lamsdell, Braddy, Loeffler & Dineley, 2010 |
| Type species | |
| Leiopterella tetliei Lamsdell, Braddy, Loeffler & Dineley, 2010 | |
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