page_title: Strobilopterus
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Strobilopterus / Description
caption_attribution_description: Italiano: Strobilopterus proteus subadult and adult instars. Reconstructions of subadult and adult instars. A: Juvenile/subadult instar γ. Limbs and posterior opisthosomal segments are extrapolated from a juvenile individual of Strobilopterus princetonii. The telson is extrapolated from FMNH PE 61166. B: Subadult/adult instar δ. Anterior prosomal limbs are extrapolated from Strobilopterus princetonii. The telson is extrapolated from FMNH PE 61166. Scale bars = 10 mm.
context_page_description: Strobilopterus is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Strobilopteridae. The genus contains four species, two from the Devonian of Wyoming, United States, one from the Devonian of Ohio, United States and one from the Silurian of Estonia.
context_section_description: Strobilopterus was a large strobilopterid eurypterid, with adults of the species S. proteus measuring approximately 15 to 20 centimetres in length. The carapace of Strobilopterus was wide and semicircular in shape, with the lateral eyes lunate to crescentic with the palpebral lobe between the central and centrimesial sectors. The first pair of appendages were small, lacking denticles, and the subsequent four pairs of appendages were likewise also small, but with fixed spines and serrated distal podomere margins. The sixth and last pair of appendages were short but were powerfully serrated on the anterior margins of the podomeres. The type A genital appendage was long and undivided, the type B appendage was more oval in shape.
caption: Subadult and adult instars of S. proteus. A: Juvenile/subadult instar, B: Subadult/adult instar.
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