Eurypterida Dendrogram
<==o †EURYPTERIDA (sea scorpions)
| ?- †Glyptoscorpius
|--o †EURYPTERACEA
| |--o †Eurypteridae
| | |-- †Eurypterus
| | |-- †Onychopterella
| | `-- †Tylopterella
| `--+-- †Adelophthalmidae
| |--o †MIXOPTERACEA
| | |--o †Carcinosomatidae
| | | `-- †Carcinosoma
| | `--+--o †Mixopteridae
| | | `-- †Mixopterus
| | `--o †Megalograptidae
| | |-- †Megalograptus
| | `-- †Echinognathus
| `--o †PTERYGOTINA
| |--†Hughmilleriidae
| | |?- †Hastimima
| | |-- †Hughmilleria
| | |-- †Salteropterus
| | |-- †Grossopterus
| | `-- †Lepidoderma
| `--+--o †Slimoniidae
| | `-- †Slimonia
| `--o †Pterygotidae
| `-- †Pterygotus
`--o †STYLONAURACEA
|--o †Mycteropidae
| `-- †Mycterops
`--+--o †Rhenopteridae
| `-- †Rhenopterus
`--+--o †Dolichopteridae
| |-- †Dolichopterus
| `-- †Strobilopterus |
`--o †Stylonuridae (paraphyletic?)
|-- †Stylonurus
|-- †Drepanopterus
|-- †Brachyopterus
|-- †Ctenopterus
|-- †Tarsopterella
|-- †Melbournopterus
`--o †Hibbertopteridae
|-- †Campylocephalus
`-- †Hibbertopterus
This phylogeny was revised to revised to reflect newer, but
still unpublished sources -- mostly student papers and abstracts. We have
also made a wild guess about the position of the Hibbertopteridae.
ATW060226.
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