Subphylum

Chelicerata Heymons, 1901

Chelicerates

Selection of related publications

Meidla, T., Tinn, O., Männik, P. 2024. Stop 13: Soeginina cliff. XI Baltic Stratigraphical Conference. Abstracts and Field Guide, pp. 123-125. Geological Society of Estonia.

Lamsdell, J. C. 2013. Revised systematics of Palaeozoic ‘horseshoe crabs’ and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 167, 1, 1-27. DOI:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x

Tetlie, O. E. 2007. Distribution and dispersal history of Eurypterida (Chelicerata). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 252, 557-574. DOI:10.1016/j.palaeo.2007.05.011

Tetlie, O. Erik 2006. Two new Silurian species of Erypterus (Chelicerata: Erypterida) from Norway and Canada and the phylogeny of the genus. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4, 4, 397-412. DOI:10.1017/S147720190600192

Waloszek, D., Dunlop, J. A. 2002. A Larval Sea Spider (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida) from the Upper Cambrian 'orsten' of Sweden, and the Phylogenetic Position of Pycnogonids. Palaeontology 45, 3, 421-446. DOI:10.1111/1475-4983.00244

Tetlie, O. E. 2002. A new Baltoeurypterus (Eurypterida: Cheliverata) from the Wenlock of Norway. Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 82, 1, 37-44.

Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. 1979. Eurypterids. Sveriges Geologiska Undersökning 73, 3, 121-136.

Kjellesvig-Waering, E. N. 1964. A synopsis of the Family Pterygotidae Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 (Eurypterida). Journal of Paleontology 38, 331–361.

Størmer, L 1934. Merostomata from the Downtonian sandstone of Ringerike, Norway. Skrifter Norske Videnskaps-Akad. Oslo 10, 1-125.

Bekker, H. 1925. Lühike ülevaade Eesti geoloogiast (Eozoiline ja paleozoiline ladekond). Eesti Loodus. Äratrükk koguteosest "Eesti", pp. 31-61.

Jackson, R. T. 1906. A new species of Fossil Limulus from the Jurassic of Sweden. Arkiv För Zoologi 3, 11, 1-7.

Thorell, T., Lindström, G. 1885. On a Silurian scorpion from Gotland. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar 21, 9, 1-33.

Nieszkowski, J. 1859. Zusätze zur Monographie der Trilobiten der Ostseeprovinzen, nebst der Beschreibung einiger neuen obersilurischen Crustaceen. Archiv für die Naturkunde Liv-, Ehst- und Kurlands 2, 2, 345-384.

List of species

1. Brachyopterella pentagonalis (Størmer, 1934) | Wenlock

2. Bunodes lunula Eichwald, 1854 | Rootsiküla Stage

3. Bunodes rugosus Nieszkowski, 1859 | Rootsiküla Stage

4. Cambropycnogon klausmuelleri Waloszek et Dunlop, 2002 | Upper Cambrian (old nomenclature)

5. Dolichopterus gotlandicus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1979 | Wenlock

6. Erettopterus carinatus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1979 | Wenlock

7. Erettopterus holmi (Størmer, 1934) | Wenlock

8. Erettopterus laticauda Schmidt, 1883 | Ludlow

9. Erettopterus osiliensis (Schmidt, 1883) | Ludlow

10. Erieopterus laticeps (Schmidt, 1883) | Wenlock

11. Eurypterus hankeni Tetlie, 2006 | Wenlock

12. Eurypterus henningsmoeni (Tetlie, 2002) | Wenlock

13. Eurypterus serratus (Jones et Woodward, 1888) | Wenlock

14. Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus Fischer, 1839 | Wenlock→Přidoli

15. Exapinurus schrenkii (Nieszkowski, 1859) | Rootsiküla Stage

16. Eysyslopterus patteni (Størmer, 1934) | Rootsiküla Stage

17. Holmipterus suecicus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1979 | Wenlock

18. Kiaeropterus ruedemanni (Størmer, 1934)

19. Limulus nathorsti Jackson, 1906, nomen dubium | Jurassic

20. Mixopterus kiaeri Størmer, 1934 | Wenlock

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Subphylum	incertae sedis
	Chelicerata
Superclass	Euchelicerata
Class	Arachnida
	Merostomata
	Pycnogonida
	Xiphosura
Order	Eurypterida
Subphylum	Crustacea
	Trilobita
Class	Insecta
	Merostomoidea
Infraclass	Phosphatocopina
Order	Agnostida
	Leperditicopida
	Nektaspida
Species	Gdowia