Polystomurum

Polystomurum Temporal range: Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Arachnomorpha
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Clade:	Euchelicerata (?)
Genus:	†Polystomurum Novojilov, 1958
Type species
†Polystomurum stormeri Novojilov, 1958

Polystomurum is a Devonian genus from Siberia, Russia (then the Soviet Union). It was initially described by Nestor Novojilov in 1958 as a eurypterid with affinities to Marsupipterus inside the family Stylonuridae. Nowadays, it is classified as incertae sedis inside Euchelicerata.[1][2]

References

1. Novojilov 1958, pp. 47–49.
2. Dunlop, Penney & Jekel 2020, p. 7.

Cited bibliography

• Dunlop, Jason A.; Penney, D.; Jekel, D. (2020). "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives" (PDF). World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern.
• Novojilov, Nestor (1958). Aleksandr Grigorevich Sharov (ed.). Polystomurum strømeri new genus and species of Eurypterida from the Devonian of the region of Voronell. Mat. Princip. Paleont. (Moscow) (in Russian). Vol. 2. pp. 47–50.