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Kokomopterus

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Kokomopterus
Temporal range: Late Silurian, 418.7–416 Ma
Restoration of K. longicaudatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Kokomopteroidea
Family: Kokomopteridae
Genus: Kokomopterus
Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
Type species
Kokomopterus longicaudatus
Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912

Kokomopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid.[1] The genus contains a single species, Kokomopterus longicaudatus, known from the Silurian of Kokomo, Indiana.[2]

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  1. ^ Morphology, Taxonomy, and Classification of the Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843 V. P. Tollerton, Jr. Journal of Paleontology Vol. 63, No. 5 (Sep., 1989), pp. 642-657
  2. ^ Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2015. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch , version 16.0 http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/resources/fossils/Fossils16.0.pdf (PDF).