Pterygotus floridanus Kjellesvig-Waering 1950 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Full reference: E.N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1950. A new Silurian eurypterid from Florida. Journal of Paleontology 24(2):229-231

Belongs to Pterygotus according to E.N. Kjellesvig-Waering 1950

See also Lamsdell 2025

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

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sun Oil Co. well, Core 44 (3552-3568 feet) (Devonian of Florida)

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