Pterygotus ventricosus Kjellesvig-Waering 1948 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Full reference: E. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1948. Two new eurypterids from the Silurian of Indiana. Journal of Paleontology 22:465-472

Belongs to Pterygotus according to E. Kjellesvig-Waering 1948

See also Lamsdell 2025 and Tetlie and Briggs 2009

Sister taxa: 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 vogti, Pterygotus wanggaii

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Martin Marietta Kokomo Stone quarry (Silurian of Indiana)

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