mixopterid

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noun

Any extinct sea scorpion in the family Mixopteridae.

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Meanings

nounmixopterid (plural mixopterids)

plural mixopterids

  1. biologyAny extinct sea scorpion in the family Mixopteridae.

    Sampling of the Carcinosomatoidea is increased, with ten species included for the carcinosomatid, megalograptid, and mixopterid clades in addition to the three sampled previously.

    2015 September 1, James C. Lamsdell et al., “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa”, in BMC Evolutionary Biology, volume 15, →DOI
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APA

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