Onychopterella Temporal range: Ordovician–Silurian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Merostomata |
Order: | †Eurypterida |
Superfamily: | †Onychopterelloidea |
Family: | †Onychopterellidae |
Genus: |
Onychopterella Størmer, 1951 |
Species | |
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Onychopterella is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid in the family Onychopterellidae. The genus contains three species; O. augusti from the Ordovician of South Africa, O. kokomoensis from the Silurian of Kokomo, Indiana and O. pumilus from the Silurian of Essex, Illinois.