The first documentation of an Ordovician eurypterid (Chelicerata) from China

H Wang, SJ Braddy, J Botting, Y Zhang - Journal of Paleontology, 2023 - cambridge.org
An early form of eurypterids (Chelicerata), Archopterus anjiensis n. gen. n. sp., is described
from the uppermost Ordovician Wenchang Formation of Anji County, Zhejiang Province …

Early Devonian (Lochkovian) eurypterids from the Yunnan province of southwest China

Z Ma, T Zhang, JC Lamsdell, J Chen, PA Selden… - Geological …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Two new eurypterids, a pterygotid Pterygotus wanggaii n. sp. and an adelophthalmoid
Parahughmilleria fuea n. sp., are described from the Early Devonian (Lochkovian) …

A new genus and species of eurypterid (Chelicerata, Eurypterida) from the Lower Devonian Xiaxishancun Formation of Yunnan, southwestern China

J Wang, L Liu, J Xue, JC Lamsdell, PA Selden - Geobios, 2022 - Elsevier
Eurypterids constituted an important component of Paleozoic marine ecosystems, but their
fossil record has been mainly reported from North America and Europe, and the evolution of …

The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa

JC Lamsdell, DEG Briggs, HP Liu, BJ Witzke… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2015 - Springer
Background Eurypterids are a diverse group of chelicerates known from~ 250 species with a
sparse Ordovician record currently comprising 11 species; the oldest fully documented …

Two new eurypterids (Arthropoda, Chelicerata) from the upper Silurian Yulongsi Formation of south-west China

Z Ma, PA Selden, JC Lamsdell, T Zhang… - Journal of …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Two new eurypterids, a pterygotid Erettopterus qujingensis n. sp., and a slimoniid, Slimonia
sp., are described from the upper Silurian (Pridolian) Yulongsi Formation of Yunnan …

Lower Ordovician synziphosurine reveals early euchelicerate diversity and evolution

L Lustri, P Gueriau, AC Daley - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Euchelicerata is a clade of arthropods comprising horseshoe crabs, scorpions, spiders,
mites and ticks, as well as the extinct eurypterids (sea scorpions) and chasmataspidids. The …

An unusual euchelicerate linking horseshoe crabs and eurypterids, from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of Yunnan, China

PA Selden, JC Lamsdell, L Qi - Zoologica Scripta, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Two new specimens of the xiphosuran Kasibelinurus yueya Lamsdell, Xue & Selden, 2013
are described, from the same horizon and locality as the type. The new specimens are …

A new eurypterid (chelicerata) from the Upper Ordovician of Manitoulin Island, Ontario, Canada

CA Stott, OE Tetlie, SJ Braddy, GS Nowlan… - Journal of …, 2005 - cambridge.org
A new genus and species of eurypterid (Eurypterida: Chelicerata) is described as
Orcanopterus manitoulinensis from the Upper Ordovician Kagawong Submember (Upper …

New find of Houia (Arthropoda: Euchelicerata) from the Lower Devonian of Guangxi, South China

H Wang, X Lei, H Zhang, EA Jarzembowski… - Geological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Houia is a possible annectent form between horseshoe crabs and eurypterids (sea
scorpions). However, fossils are rare, previously only known from a single locality. Here, we …

A new Ordovician arthropod from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa (USA) reveals the ground plan of eurypterids and chasmataspidids

JC Lamsdell, DEG Briggs, HP Liu, BJ Witzke… - The Science of …, 2015 - Springer
Euchelicerates were a major component of Palaeozoic faunas, but their basal relationships
are uncertain: it has been suggested that Xiphosura—xiphosurids (horseshoe crabs) and …