Ruedemannipterus

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 classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Eurypteroidea
Family:	†Dolichopteridae
Genus:	Ruedemannipterus; Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
Type species
	Ruedemannipterus stylonuroides; Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912

Ruedemannipterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid classified as part of the family Dolichopteridae. The genus contains one species, R. stylonuroides,[1] known from the Silurian of New York.[2]

References

Tetlie, O. E.; Cuggy, M. B. (2007). "Phylogeny of the basal swimming eurypterids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Eurypterina)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (3): 345. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002131.
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).

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[1] Tetlie, O. E.; Cuggy, M. B. (2007). "Phylogeny of the basal swimming eurypterids (Chelicerata; Eurypterida; Eurypterina)". Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 5 (3): 345. doi:10.1017/S1477201907002131.

[2] 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).