Waeringopterus

Waeringopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterids from the Silurian of North America.^[1] The genus contains two species, W. apfeli from the Syracuse and Vernon Formations of New York and Ontario and W. cumberlandicus from the Wills Creek Formation, West Virginia.^[2] Fossils of the genus also were found in the Indian Point Formation of Quebec.

Waeringopterus Temporal range: Late Silurian, 418.7–416 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓

Fossil carapaces referred to Waeringopterus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Waeringopteroidea
Family:	†Waeringopteridae
Genus:	†Waeringopterus Leutze, 1961
Type species
†Waeringopterus cumberlandicus Swartz, 1923
Species
†W. apfeli Leutze, 1961 †W. cumberlandicus Leutze, 1961

References edit

^ J. J. Sepkoski. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
^ 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)

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