Pterygotus leptodactylus M'Coy 1849 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Alternative combination: Ceratiocaris leptodactylus

Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1849. On the classification of some British fossil Crustacea with notices of new forms in the university collection at Cambridge. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 4:392-414

Belongs to Pterygotus according to F. M'Coy 1849

See also Lamsdell 2025

Sister taxa: Pterygotus (Pterygotus), Pterygotus anglicus, Pterygotus arcuatus, Pterygotus barrandei, Pterygotus carmani, Pterygotus cobbi, Pterygotus denticulatus, Pterygotus fissus, Pterygotus floridanus, Pterygotus gaspesiensis, Pterygotus grandidentatus, Pterygotus holmi, Pterygotus kopaninensis, Pterygotus lightbodyi, Pterygotus ludensis, Pterygotus siemiradzkii, Pterygotus ventricosus, Pterygotus vogti, Pterygotus wanggaii

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterygotus leptodactylus in the database

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