Alternative combination: Pterygotus osiliensis
Full reference: F. Schmidt. 1883. II. Die Crustaceenfauna der Euryptereenschichten von Rootziküll auf Oesel. Mémoires de L'Académie des Sciences de St.- Pétersbourg VII(31):25-85
Belongs to Erettopterus according to J. C. Lamsdell 2025
See also Schmidt 1883
Sister taxa: Erettopterus bilobus, Erettopterus brodiei, Erettopterus canadensis, Erettopterus exophthalmus, Erettopterus gigas, Erettopterus globiceps, Erettopterus grandis, Erettopterus laticauda, Erettopterus marstoni, Erettopterus megalodon, Erettopterus qujingensis, Erettopterus salweyi, Erettopterus serratus, Erettopterus serricaudatus, Erettopterus spatulatus, Erettopterus waylandsmithi
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Eurypterid-Associated Biota of the Pittsford Shale, Pittsford, New York (Silurian of New York)
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