Dolichopterus

Dolichopterus; Temporal range:
	D. macrocheirus fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Order:	†Eurypterida
Superfamily:	†Eurypteroidea
Family:	†Dolichopteridae
Genus:	†Dolichopterus; Hall, 1859
Type species
	Dolichopterus macrocheirus; Hall, 1859
Other species
	?D. asperatus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1961; ?D. bulbosus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1961; D. gotlandicus Kjellesvig-Waering, 1979; ?D. herkimerensis Caster & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1956; D. jewetti Caster & Kjellesvig-Waering, 1956; D. siluriceps Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912;

Dolichopterus is a genus of prehistoric sea scorpions, arthropods in the order Eurypterida. Fossils of Dolichopterus have been discovered in deposits ranging from Silurian to Devonian, and have been referred to several different species, some of them of dubious affinity to this genus.

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