Synonyms: Curviramus Ruedemann 1935, Pterygotus (Curviramus) Ruedemann 1935
Parent taxon: Pterygotidae according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Dunlop et al. 2013, Dunlop et al. 2020, Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955, M'Coy 1849, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxa: Acutiramus, Erettopterus, Jaekelopterus
Subtaxa: 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 leptodactylus Pterygotus lightbodyi Pterygotus ludensis Pterygotus siemiradzkii Pterygotus ventricosus Pterygotus vogti Pterygotus wanggaii
Type: Pterygotus anglicus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (5: New Brunswick, Quebec collections), China (2), Germany (1), Norway (1), Poland (4), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (3: Florida, Indiana, Ohio)
• Silurian to Devonian of Poland (1)
• Silurian of Australia (1), Czechia (4), Estonia (2), Libya (2), Morocco (1), Norway (5), Poland (3), Ukraine (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (9: Indiana, New York)
Total: 60 collections including 64 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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