Pterygotus leptodactylus M'Coy 1849 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

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

Sister taxa: Pterygotus (Pterygotus), Pterygotus anglicus, Pterygotus barrandei, Pterygotus carmani, Pterygotus fissus, Pterygotus floridanus, Pterygotus gaspesiensis, Pterygotus holmi, Pterygotus siemiradzkii, Pterygotus vogti

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

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

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