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Checklist for Class Merostomata Woodward, 1866 (Horseshoe crabs)
and region Ordovician (Paleozoic)


Class
 
Merostomata
Woodward, 1866
Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates
4
9
2
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ordovician
4 Families width 2 Species
Rhenopteridae Størmer, 19510SpeciesTaxom
Chasmataspididae Caster & Brooks, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Kasibelinuridae Pickett, 19930SpeciesTaxom
Eurypteridae De Kay, 18250SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ordovician
4 Genera with 2 Species
Brachyopterus Størmer, 1951
0SpeciesTaxom
Chasmataspis Caster & Brooks, 19561SpeciesTaxom
Lunataspis Rudkin, Youn..., 2008
0SpeciesTaxom
Megalograptus Miller, 1874
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ordovician
2 Species
Chasmataspis laurencii Caster & Brooks, 1956

Subnodes of Merostomata with occurrences in Ordovician
OrderChasmataspidida
Caster & Brooks, 1956
Chasmataspids
1
1
1
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

OrderEurypterida
Burmeister, 1843
Eurypterids, Sea scorpions
2
4
1
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

OrderXiphosura
Latreille, 1802
Horseshoe crabs
1
2
0
Family
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Merostomata at artfakta.se
Merostomata at dyntaxa.se
Merostomata at gbif.org
Merostomata at irmng.org
Merostomata at itis.gov
Merostomata at marinespecies.org