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Checklist for Order Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843 (Eurypterids)
and region West Midlands (English Midlands, United Kingdom)


Class
 		Merostomata
Woodward, 1866
Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates		5
11
4		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Eurypterida ♰
Burmeister, 1843
Eurypterids, Sea scorpions		4
9
2		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Midlands
4 Families width 2 Species
Pterygotidae Clarke & Rue..., 19120SpeciesTaxom
Eurypteridae De Kay, 18251SpeciesTaxom
Hardieopteridae Tollerton, 19890SpeciesTaxom
Slimonidae1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Midlands
5 Genera with 2 Species
Erettopterus Salter, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Eurypterus De Kay, 18561SpeciesTaxom
Hardieopterus Waterson, 1979
0SpeciesTaxom
Pterygotus Agassiz, 1839
0SpeciesTaxom
Slimonia Page, 18561SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Midlands
2 Species
Eurypterus cephalaspis ♰ Salter, 1856
Slimonia acuminata ♰ Salter, 1856

Subnodes of Eurypterida with occurrences in West Midlands
SuborderStylonurina ♰
Diener, 1924
1
1
0		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuperfamilyPterygotioidea ♰
Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912
1
2
0		Family
Genera
Species
Taxom

FamilyEurypteridae ♰
De Kay, 1825
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom

FamilySlimonidae ♰
1
1		Genus
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Eurypterida at irmng.org