Polystomurum Temporal range:
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Clade: | Arachnomorpha |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Clade: | Euchelicerata (?) |
Genus: | †
Polystomurum Novojilov, 1958 |
Type species | |
†Polystomurum stormeri Novojilov, 1958
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Polystomurum is a Devonian genus from Siberia, Russia (then the Soviet Union). It was initially described by Nestor Novojilov in 1958 as a eurypterid with affinities to Marsupipterus inside the family Stylonuridae. Nowadays, it is classified as incertae sedis inside Euchelicerata. [1] [2]