Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Synonyms: Curviramus Ruedemann 1935, Pterygotus (Curviramus) Ruedemann 1935
Parent taxon: Pterygotidae according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Dunlop et al. 2020, Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955, M'Coy 1849, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Acutiramus, Ciurcopterus, Erettopterus, Jaekelopterus, Necrogammarus
Subtaxa: Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Pterygotus anglicus Pterygotus barrandei Pterygotus carmani Pterygotus fissus Pterygotus floridanus Pterygotus gaspesiensis Pterygotus holmi Pterygotus leptodactylus Pterygotus siemiradzkii Pterygotus vogti
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (5: New Brunswick, Quebec collections), Germany (1), Norway (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: Florida, Indiana, Ohio)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Ontario), the Czech Republic (4), Estonia (2), Libya (2), Morocco (1), Norway (5), Poland (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (11: Indiana, Maryland, New York)
Total: 59 collections including 64 occurrences
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