Rhenopterus

Rhenopterus is an extinct prehistoric eurypterid. Fossils of Rhenopterus have been recovered from deposits of Lower Devonian age in Germany.

Rhenopterus
Temporal range: Lower Devonian,
Reconstruction of Rhenopterus diensti
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Rhenopteroidea
Family: Rhenopteridae
Genus: Rhenopterus
Størmer, 1936
Type species
Rhenopterus diensti
Størmer, 1936
Other species
  • R. macrotuberculatus Størmer, 1974
  • R. tuberculatus Størmer, 1936
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