Orcanopterus

Orcanopterus
Temporal range: Late Ordovician,
Reconstruction of O. manitoulinensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Waeringopteroidea
Family: Waeringopteridae
Genus: Orcanopterus
Stott et al., 2005
Type species
Orcanopterus manitoulinensis
Stott et al., 2005

Orcanopterus is a genus of a eurypterid classified as part of the family Waeringopteridae. The genus contains one species, O. manitoulinensis, from the Ordovician of Manitoulin, Canada.