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Definition of Eurypterida
1. Noun. Extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Class Merostomata, Merostomata
Member holonyms: Eurypterid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eurypterida
Literary usage of Eurypterida
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"... single living genus to have had a long ancestral history, with many fossil
representatives ? Mention examples of this among plants. ORDER 2, Eurypterida ..."
2. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The order Merostomata comprises the two sub-orders of the Xiphosura and Eurypterida.
The former appears to have commenced its existence in the Upper ..."
3. Report of the Annual Meeting (1903)
"becomes necessary to compare the Scorpion with the other Arachnids, Limulus with
the Eurypterida, in order the better to determine the position of each in ..."
4. The Popular Science Review: A Quarterly Miscellany of Entertaining and edited by [Anonymus AC02893924] (1872)
"J But the acceptance of this proposition does not, as has been assumed by these
writers, necessitate the removal of the Eurypterida from the Crustacea; ..."
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