Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Hibbertopteridae

Alternative combination: Pterygotus hibernicus

Full reference: W. H. Baily. 1870. On fossils obtained at Kiltorkan Quarry, Co. Kilkenny. Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 39:73-75

Belongs to Hibbertopterus according to S.J. Braddy et al. 2023

See also Baily 1870 and Kjellesvig-Waering 1966

Sister taxa: Hibbertopterus lamsdelli, Hibbertopterus minisculptus, Hibbertopterus scouleri, Hibbertopterus stevensoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kiltorkan Quarry, which is in a Famennian fluvial siltstone in the Kiltorcan Formation of Ireland

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kiltorkan Quarry

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