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Mixopterus is a
genus of eurypterid, an
extinct group of
aquatic arthropods.
Fossils of
Mixopterus have been
discovered in
deposits from Late Silurian...
- Salteropterus, Dolichopterus, Hughmilleria, Eurypterus, Marsupipterus,
Mixopterus, Parahughmilleria, Slimonia,
Tarsopterella and
Stylonurus are also present...
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initially believed that it
might have been a
species of
Mixopterus,
tentatively designating it as "
Mixopterus (?) alveolatus",
Caster and Kjellesvig-Waering ****igned...
- Carcinosoma,
Mixopterus,
Dolichopterus and
Eysyslopterus as well as
cephalaspidomorph fishes. P.
monroensis lived alongside Mixopterus, Hughmilleria...
- type of
propulsion is more energy-efficient. Some eurypterines, such as
Mixopterus (as
inferred from
attributed fossil trackways), were not
necessarily good...
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species of
Mixopterus as
previously thought and
placed it in its own
genus within the Mixopteridae, Lanarkopterus. List of
eurypterids Mixopterus Ritchie...
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southern continent of Gondwana, with the
other two
mixopterid genera,
Mixopterus and Lanarkopterus, only
being known from what was once the
northern continent...
- name 'Carcinosomidae', in 1934, to
contain the four
genera Carcinosoma,
Mixopterus,
Echinognathus and Megalograptus. The
family was
amended by Erik N. Kjellesvig-Waering...
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Megalograptus ohioensis Mixopterus kiaeri...
- have been
found in
deeper waters whilst the more
derived forms, such as
Mixopterus and
Lanarkopterus have not.
Basal carcinosomatoids (Carcinosomatidae)...
