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†Pterygotus arcuatus Salter 1859 (eurypterid)

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Salter in Salter and Huxley 1859

Belongs to Pterygotus according to Salter 1859

Sister taxa: Pterygotus (Pterygotus), Pterygotus anglicus, 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

Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Lower Leintwardine Fm., Leintwardine (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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