Erieopterus
| Erieopterus Temporal range: | |
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| Fossils of E. microphthalmus (2-10). | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Eurypteroidea |
| Family: | †Eurypteridae |
| Genus: | †Erieopterus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1958 |
| Type species | |
| †Erieopterus microphthalmus Hall, 1859 | |
| Species | |
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Erieopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid found in Silurian to Devonian-aged marine and freshwater strata of Europe and North America. The genus contains eight species from the Silurian to the Devonian, recovered from both North America and Europe.