Mixopterus
| Mixopterus Temporal range: Late Silurian, | |
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| Fossil of M. kiaeri exhibited at the Moscow Paleontological Museum. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Carcinosomatoidea |
| Family: | †Mixopteridae |
| Genus: | †Mixopterus Ruedemann, 1921 |
| Type species | |
| †Mixopterus multispinosus Ruedemann, 1921 | |
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Mixopterus is a genus of eurypterid, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods. Fossils of Mixopterus have been discovered in deposits from Late Silurian age, and have been referred to several different species. Fossils have been recovered from two continents; Europe and North America.