Grossopterus

Grossopterus Temporal range: Early Devonian, 411.2–407 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Fossil carapace of G. inexpectans
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Waeringopteroidea
Family:	†Waeringopteridae
Genus:	†Grossopterus Størmer, 1934
Species
†G. inexpectans (Ruedemann, 1921) †G. overathi (Gross, 1933, type species)

Grossopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Waeringopteridae. The genus contains two species, G. inexpectans from Gilboa, United States and G. overathi from Overath, Germany.[1]

See also

• List of eurypterids

References

1. 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).