Pterygotus grandidentatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering. 1961. The Silurian Eurypterida of the Welsh Borderland. Journal of Paleontology 35(4):789-835

Belongs to Pterygotus according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025

Sister taxa: Pterygotus (Pterygotus), Pterygotus anglicus, Pterygotus arcuatus, Pterygotus barrandei, Pterygotus carmani, Pterygotus cobbi, Pterygotus denticulatus, Pterygotus fissus, Pterygotus floridanus, Pterygotus gaspesiensis, 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 Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Wenlock Formation, Dudley, England (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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