Alkenopteroidea

Taxonavigation

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
Familiae: †Alkenopteridae

Name

Alkenopteroidea Poschmann & Tetlie, 2004

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.