Alkenopteridae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alkenopteroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Merostomata Ordo: †Eurypterida Subordo: †Eurypterina Superfamilia: †Alkenopteroidea

Familia: †Alkenopteridae
Genera: †Alkenopterus

Name

Alkenopteridae Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004

Type genus: Alkenopterus Størmer, 1974.

References

Primary references

• Poschmann, M. & Tetlie, O.E. 2004. On the Emsian (Early Devonian) arthropods of the Rhenish Slate Mountains: 4. The eurypterids Alkenopterus and Vinetopterus n. gen. (Arthropoda: Chelicerata). Senckenbergiana Lethaea 84: 175–196. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lamsdell, J.C. 2025. Codex Eurypterida: A Revised Taxonomy Based on Concordant Parsimony and Bayesian Phylogenetic Analyses. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 473: 1–196. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.473.1.1 . Reference page.