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KJELLESVIG-WAERING: DEVONIAN EURYPTERIDS
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Family Stylonuridae Diener, 1924
Genus Syntomopterus, new genus
The prosoma is paraboloidal, very wide, straight along the base, and bordered with a wide marginal rim. The ventral shield is very narrow and band-like, and without sutures. The compound eyes, located slightly behind midsection, are crescentic, small, and close-set. The ocellar mound is located opposite the anterior part of the compound eyes. Ornamentation comprises large wart-like pustules, elongated and pointed at the margins.
Type species: Syntomopterus richardsoni, new species.
Remarks.—Syntomopterus differs greatly from other genera of the Stylonuridae. In some respects, particularly in the form of the ceph-