Campylocephalus

Campylocephalus is a genus of eurypterid, a group of extinct aquatic arthropods. Fossils of Campylocephalus have been discovered in deposits ranging from the Carboniferous period in the Czech Republic (the species C. salmi) to the Permian period of Russia (species C. oculatus and C. permianus). The generic name is composed of the Greek words καμπύλος (kampýlos), meaning "curved", and κεφαλή (kephalē), meaning "head".

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Vinony's link graph records 102 inbound references to Campylocephalus, and connects out to anatomical placement, Adelophthalmidae and Eurypterus.

Vinony files it under Carboniferous eurypterids, Eurypterids of Asia and Eurypterids of Europe.

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Wikidata facts

Parent taxon: Hibbertopteridae
Image: Campylocephalus oculatus.jpg

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Commons category: Campylocephalus
taxon name: Campylocephalus
taxon rank: genus
start time: 326400000-
end time: 251900000-

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It was a member of the hibbertopterid family of eurypterids and probably looked much the same as the other members of the family, Hibbertopterus and Vernonopterus, in that it was a large, broad and heavy animal quite different from the famous swimming eurypterids (such as Pterygotus and Eurypterus) which had been common during earlier periods. Like all other stylonurine eurypterids, Campylocephalus completely lacked swimming paddles.

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