Vernonopterus
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vernonopterus-171-2613133
title:
Vernonopterus
text:
Vernonopterus is a genus of eurypterid, a group of extinct aquatic arthropods. Fossils of Vernonopterus have been discovered in deposits of the Carboniferous period in Scotland. The name of the genus derives from the location where the only known fossil has been discovered, Mount Vernon near Airdrie in Lanarkshire, Scotland. A single species of Vernonopterus is recognized, V. minutisculptus, based on fragmentary fossilized tergites, segments on the upper side of the abdomen. The species name min
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Extinct genus of arthropods
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernonopterus
date created:
2017-12-29T22:28:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T17:35:32Z
main entity:
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Vernonopterus_minutisculptus_fossil.png","width":731,"height":1006}
fields total:
13
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