Alternative spelling: Pterygotus (Acutiramus)
Synonym: Bunodella Matthew 1889
Parent taxon: Pterygotidae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955, Miller and Tetlie 2007, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Erettopterus, Jaekelopterus, Pterygotus
Subtaxa: Acutiramus bohemicus Acutiramus cummingsi Acutiramus floweri Acutiramus macrophthalmus Acutiramus nobilis Acutiramus perneri Acutiramus perryensis Acutiramus suwanneensis
Type: Pterygotus cummingsi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Australia (1), Czechia (6), Spain (1), United States (1: New York)
• Silurian of Canada (2: New Brunswick), Czechia (7), United States (6: Florida, New York)
Total: 25 collections including 32 occurrences
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