Brachyopterella Kjellesvig-Waering 1966 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Rhenopteridae

Alternative spelling: Brachopterella

Full reference: E.N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1966. A revision of the families and genera of the Stylonuracea (Eurypterida) . Fieldiana: Geology 14:169-197

Parent taxon: Rhenopteridae according to J. C. Lamsdell et al. 2010

See also Dunlop et al. 2020 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brachyopterus, Kiaeropterus, Leiopterella, Rhenopterinae

Subtaxa: Brachyopterella pentagonalis

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Type: Stylonurus pentagonalis

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution:

• Silurian of Norway (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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