Slimonidae
| Slimonidae Temporal range: Silurian |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Merostomata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Suborder: | †Eurypterina |
| Superfamily: | †Pterygotioidea |
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†Slimonidae Novojilov, 1968 |
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Slimonidae is an extinct family of eurypterids that lived in the Silurian period. The family contains two genera, Salteropterus and Slimonia. Slimonidae is a family whose genera are distinguishable by their telsons, which are notably different from those of other eurypterids. For example, the Slimonia telson is defined as a "strongly expanded anterior half", and the Salteropterus telson is defined as a "previous part of carinate telson broadly trigonal with serrated posterior edges".
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