Reconstruction of K. cyclophthalmus with prosomal appendages and telson based on close relative Brachyopterus.
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Chelicerata
Order:
†Eurypterida
Family:
†Rhenopteridae
Genus:
†Kiaeropterus Waterston, 1979
Species
K. cyclophthalmus Laurie, 1892
K. ruedemanni Størmer, 1934 (type species)
Synonyms
Eurypterus cyclophthalmus Laurie, 1892
Kiaeropterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the Rhenopteridae family. Two species, both from the Silurian period, are known; K. cyclophthalmus from Scotland and K. ruedemanni from Norway.[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).
Kiaeropterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the Rhenopteridae family. Two species, both from the Silurian period, are known;...
possess narrower carapaces narrowest at the front (as in Rhenopterus). Kiaeropterus is unusual in its morphology and might represent a Silurian offshoot...
Silurian Bertie Formation of the United States. List of eurypterids Kiaeropterus (Eurypterida; Stylonurina) recognized from the Silurian of the Pentland...
includes several previously enigmatic genera, such as Brachyopterus, Kiaeropterus and Rhenopterus, all united by a rounded posterior margin to the metastoma...
Ruedemannipterus Temporal range: Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Fossils of Kiaeropterus otisius, Ruedemannipterus stylonuroides and Hughmilleria socialis Scientific...
rhenopterids and a sister taxon to more derived rhenopterids (such as Kiaeropterus and Rhenopterus). Paleontology portal List of eurypterids James C. Lamsdell...
U V W X Y Z †Katabuporhynchus †Katabuporhynchus mesacostalis †Kiaeropterus †Kiaeropterus otisius †Kindbladia †Kindbladia wichitaensis †Kingstonia †Kingstonia...
fossil remains of Mixopterus kiaeri, Stylonuroides dolichopteroides, Kiaeropterus ruedemanni and Erettopterus holmi, among other organisms like the malacostracan...
Størmer, 1934 - Ringerike, Norway (Silurian), reclassified as a species of Kiaeropterus. List of eurypterids Lamsdell, J. C.; Braddy, S. J.; Tetlie, O. E. (2010)...
Ruedemannipterus stylonuroides, Erettopterus globiceps, Hardieopterus myops, Kiaeropterus otisius and Ctenopterus cestrotus. Also present were early jawed fish...