Pagea
Pagea is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Stylonuridae. It contains three species, all from the Devonian (Lochkovian to Pragian); P. plotnicki from Nunavut, Canada and P. sturrocki and P. symondsii from the Old Red Sandstone of the United Kingdom. The genus is named in honor of David Page, an early worker on the fauna of the Old Red Sandstone and describer of the first Stylonurine eurypterid.
| Pagea Temporal range: | |
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| Carapace of Pagea symondsii. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Stylonuroidea |
| Family: | †Stylonuridae |
| Genus: | †Pagea Waterston, 1962 |
| Type species | |
| Pagea sturrocki (Waterston, 1962) | |
| Other species | |
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