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    Jaekelopterus is a genus of predatory eurypterid, a group of extinct aquatic arthropods. Fossils of Jaekelopterus have been discovered in deposits of...
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    the appendage of Jaekelopterus. An inclusive phylogenetic analysis with multiple species of Acutiramus, Pterygotus and Jaekelopterus is required to resolve...
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    eurypterids, Acutiramus, Jaekelopterus and Pterygotus, are very similar to each other. Pterygotus is particularly similar to Jaekelopterus, from which it is...
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    includes the largest known arthropods ever to have lived. The largest, Jaekelopterus, reached 2.5 meters (8.2 ft) in length. Eurypterids were not uniformly...
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    arthropods to have ever lived with some members of the family, such as Jaekelopterus and Acutiramus, exceeding 2 metres (6.6 ft) in length. Their fossilized...
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    one of the largest arthropods ever known, as large as the eurypterid Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, whose length is estimated at 2.33–2.59 metres (7 ft 8 in –...
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    appeared about 515 Ma. The largest known arthropod, the sea scorpion Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, has been found in estuarine strata from about 390 Ma. It...
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    this is significantly smaller than the largest eurypterid overall, Jaekelopterus, which could reach lengths of around 250 centimetres (8.2 ft), Hibbertopterus...
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    largest arthropod known to have existed is the eurypterid (sea scorpion) Jaekelopterus, reaching up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in body length, followed by the millipede...
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    well-developed chelae (claws). Although some pterygotid eurypterids, such as Jaekelopterus or Acutiramus grew to gigantic proportions, it is estimated that the...
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    Campylocephalus Carcinosoma Drepanopterus Eurypterus Hibbertopterus Hughmilleria Jaekelopterus Megalograptus Megarachne Mixopterus Onychopterella Pentecopterus Pterygotus...
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    similar in size range Chasmataspis. The largest known eurypterid was Jaekelopterus rhenaniae at 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) in length, which is also the largest...
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    However, Pentecopterus was overtaken by other eurypterids such as Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, the largest known arthropod with 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in)....
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    Fossil of Jaekelopterus, a pterygotioid. At a length of 2.5 meters, it is one of the largest arthropods to have ever lived....
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    eurypterine suborder, notably the largest known arthropod of all time, Jaekelopterus, at 230–260 centimetres (7.5–8.5 ft), hibbertopterids were far bulkier...
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  • Campylocephalus Carcinosoma Drepanopterus Eurypterus Hibbertopterus Hughmilleria Jaekelopterus Megalograptus Megarachne Mixopterus Onychopterella Pentecopterus Pterygotus...
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    hills, at Willwerath near Prüm, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. In it Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, a giant eurypterid was discovered. The Klerf Formation, comprising...
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    Jaekelopterus, around 2.5 m-long eurypterid...
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    other pterygotioids such as Slimonia acuminata with 100 cm (39 in) or Jaekelopterus rhenaniae and (potentially) Erettopterus grandis with 2.5 m (8.2 ft)...
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    eurypterids overall, rivalling the large pterygotid eurypterids (such as Jaekelopterus) in size. Other species of the genus were considerably smaller, with...
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    Euryteridss of the Hunsrück Slate. Genus Abundance Notes Images Jaekelopterus A giant eurypterid, probably allochthonous Rhenopterus Probably misidentified...
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    Campylocephalus Carcinosoma Drepanopterus Eurypterus Hibbertopterus Hughmilleria Jaekelopterus Megalograptus Megarachne Mixopterus Onychopterella Pentecopterus Pterygotus...
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    Campylocephalus Carcinosoma Drepanopterus Eurypterus Hibbertopterus Hughmilleria Jaekelopterus Megalograptus Megarachne Mixopterus Onychopterella Pentecopterus Pterygotus...
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    arthropods to have ever existed were eurypterids. The largest known species (Jaekelopterus rhenaniae) reached up to 2.5 m (8.2 ft) in length, about the size of...
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    small compared to their relatives, such as the gigantic pterygotid Jaekelopterus rhenaniae, which easily exceeded 2 metres (6.5 feet), and was the largest...
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    Eurypterina contains several famous giant eurypterids such as Pterygotus and Jaekelopterus, the Stylonurina gave rise to large forms as well, several larger than...
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    least 2.2 metres (7.2 ft) and rivalled the largest eurypterid of all, Jaekelopterus, in size. Morphologically, carcinosomatids were highly distinct from...
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    dwarfed by many of the members of its family (the Pterygotidae), such as Jaekelopterus rhenaniae at 2.5 metres (8 ft, the largest known arthropod) and Acutiramus...
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    Acutiramus Jaekelopterus...
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    Campylocephalus Carcinosoma Drepanopterus Eurypterus Hibbertopterus Hughmilleria Jaekelopterus Megalograptus Megarachne Mixopterus Onychopterella Pentecopterus Pterygotus...
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