Alternative combination: Pterygotus (Pterygotus) waylandsmithi
Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering and K. E. Caster. 1955. The Pterygotidae of the Silurian Vernon Shales of New York. Journal of Paleontology 29:1041-1047
Belongs to Erettopterus according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Dunlop et al. 2013 and Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955
Sister taxa: Erettopterus bilobus, Erettopterus brodiei, Erettopterus canadensis, Erettopterus exophthalmus, Erettopterus gigas, Erettopterus globiceps, Erettopterus grandis, Erettopterus laticauda, Erettopterus marstoni, Erettopterus megalodon, Erettopterus osiliensis, Erettopterus qujingensis, Erettopterus salweyi, Erettopterus serratus, Erettopterus serricaudatus, Erettopterus spatulatus
Type specimen: NYSM 10707, a claw (free ramus of chelicera). Its type locality is Oneida Creek, southeast of Kenwood, which is in a Ludfordian lagoonal shale in the Vernon Formation of New York.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oneida Creek, southeast of Kenwood
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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