Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz 1844 (eurypterid)

Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Synonyms: Pterygotus atlanticus Clarke and Ruedemann 1912, Pterygotus minor Woodward 1864

Belongs to Pterygotus according to Agassiz 1844

See also Braddy 2000 and Miller 2007

Sister taxa: Pterygotus (Pterygotus), 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 (2: New Brunswick collections), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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