Kokomopteridae ist eine Familie der Unterordnung Stylonurina aus der Ordnung der Seeskorpione (Eurypterida).
Bei den Arten aus der Familie Kokomopteridae hatte das Metastoma am hinteren Ende eine Kerbe. Die prosomalen Gliedmaßen II bis V waren stachelig (Lamontopterus-Typ[1]), VI jedoch hatte keine Stacheln (Kokomopterus-Typ[1]). Das Opisthosoma war undifferenziert und hatte einen marginalen Rand.
Vertreter der Familie Kokomopteridae wurden in Nord-Amerika (Bundesstaat Indiana) und Europa (Schottland) gefunden.[2]
Die Familie wurde 1966 von Erik Norman Kjellesvig-Waering aufgestellt.[3] Sie beinhaltet nach Lamsdell, Braddy & Tetlie 2010 folgende Gattungen:
Kokomopteridae ist eine Familie der Unterordnung Stylonurina aus der Ordnung der Seeskorpione (Eurypterida).
The Kokomopteridae are a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of two families contained in the superfamily Kokomopteroidea (along with Hardieopteridae), which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.
Kokomopterids are defined as kokomopteroids with an undifferentiated opisthosoma with a marginal rim. Appendages II-V are spiniferous as in Lamontopterus and VI is non-spiniferous as in Kokomopterus.[1]
The Kokomopteridae retains primitive Hughmilleria-type prosomal appendages II-IV, unsuited to the sweep-feeding lifestyle used by some of the superfamilies of the Stylonurina (Stylonuroidea and Hibbertopteroidea), and were as such likely mainly scavengers.[1]
Family Kokomopteridae Kjellesvig-Waering, 1966
The Kokomopteridae are a family of eurypterids, an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods commonly known as "sea scorpions". The family is one of two families contained in the superfamily Kokomopteroidea (along with Hardieopteridae), which in turn is one of four superfamilies classified as part of the suborder Stylonurina.
Kokomopterids are defined as kokomopteroids with an undifferentiated opisthosoma with a marginal rim. Appendages II-V are spiniferous as in Lamontopterus and VI is non-spiniferous as in Kokomopterus.
The Kokomopteridae retains primitive Hughmilleria-type prosomal appendages II-IV, unsuited to the sweep-feeding lifestyle used by some of the superfamilies of the Stylonurina (Stylonuroidea and Hibbertopteroidea), and were as such likely mainly scavengers.
