Mycterops
| Mycterops Temporal range: | |
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| Figure by Edward Drinker Cope of the carapace and part of the abdomen of M. ordinatus from its 1886 description | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | †Eurypterida |
| Superfamily: | †Mycteropoidea |
| Family: | †Mycteroptidae |
| Genus: | †Mycterops Cope, 1886 |
| Type species | |
| †Mycterops ordinatus Cope, 1886 | |
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Mycterops is a genus of prehistoric eurypterid of the family Mycteroptidae. Mycterops lived during the Carboniferous period in Europe and North America.