Definition of Hibbertopterus. Meaning of Hibbertopterus. Synonyms of Hibbertopterus

- Hibbertopterus is a genus of eurypterid, a group of extinct aquatic arthropods. Fossils of Hibbertopterus have been discovered in deposits ranging from...
- metres; Erettopterus grandis (closely related to Jaekelopterus) and Hibbertopterus wittebergensis, but E. grandis is very fragmentary and the H. wittenbergensis...
- Hibbertopteridae (the name deriving from the type genus Hibbertopterus, meaning "Hibbert's wing") is a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of aquatic...
- dwarfed by other eurypterids, even relatively close relatives such as Hibbertopterus which could reach lengths exceeding 1.5 m (59 in). Though originally...
- Only two mycteropoid taxa are known from reasonable complete remains, Hibbertopterus scouleri and H. wittebergensis. Mycteropoids were large bizarre Eurypterids...
- Norman Kjellesvig-Waering created the new genus Hibbertopterus to contain C. scouleri (now Hibbertopterus scouleri) and placed both genera within the family...
- misinterpreted as a giant spider, hence its name) and the specialised very large Hibbertopterus. Many of these were amphibious. Frequently a temporary return of marine...
- several larger than a metre in length. The largest known stylonurine was Hibbertopterus scouleri, with a potential length of almost 2 metres (6 ft 7 in). Stylonurina...
- ancient trackways (such as the trails of trilobites and eurypterids like Hibbertopterus). Some basic fossil trackway types: footprints tail drags belly drag...
- walking forms in the Hibbertopteridae, such as the almost 2-metre-long Hibbertopterus, may have rivalled the pterygotids and other giant arthropods in weight...