Name:
Parastylonurus.
Phonetic: Pah-rah-sty-lo-nu-rus.
Named By: Laurie - 1892.
Classification: Arthropoda, Chelicerata,
Eurypterida.
Species: P. ornatus (type).
Diet: Carnivore?
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Scotland - Downton Sandstone
Formation, Fish Bed Formation, Kip Burn Formation, Reservoir
Formation, Slot Burn Formation.
Time period: Late Silurian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains of several
individuals.
Parastylonurus is a genus of eurypterid that lived in the British Isles during the late Silurian.
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