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Pterygotidae

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Pterygotidae Clarke and Ruedemann
1955Pterygotidae Størmer p. 30
1974Jaekelopteridae Stoermer
2013Pterygotidae Dunlop et al. p. 25
2020Pterygotidae Dunlop et al. p. 26
2025Pterygotidae Lamsdell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaGravenhorst 1843
—Deuteropoda
RankNameAuthor
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
orderEurypteridaHuxley 1857
suborderEurypterinaNovojilov 1962
infraorderDiploperculata
superfamilyPterygotoideaClarke and Ruedemann 1912
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. †Pterygotidae Clarke and Ruedemann 1912
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G. †Acutiramus Ruedemann 1935
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†Acutiramus bohemicus Barrande 1872
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Invalid names: Pterygotus blahai Semper 1898 [synonym], Pterygotus comes Barrande 1872 [synonym], Pterygotus mediocris Barrande 1872 [synonym]
†Acutiramus cummingsi Grote and Pitt 1875
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Invalid names: Pterygotus acuticaudatus Pohlman 1882 [synonym], Pterygotus buffaloensis Pohlman 1881 [synonym], Pterygotus quadraticaudatus Pohlman 1882 [synonym]
†Acutiramus floweri Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955
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Invalid names: Pterygotus juvenis Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 [synonym], Pterygotus osborni Hall 1859 [synonym]
†Acutiramus nobilis Kjellesvig-Waering 1964
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Invalid names: Pterygotus nobilis Barrande 1872 [replaced]
†Acutiramus perneri Chlupac 1994
†Acutiramus perryensis Leutze 1958
†Acutiramus suwanneensis Kjellesvig-Waering 1955
Invalid names: Bunodella Matthew 1889 [synonym]
G. †Erettopterus Salter 1859
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†Erettopterus bilobus Salter 1856
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Invalid names: Pterygotus perornatus Salter 1856 [synonym]
†Erettopterus brodiei Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Erettopterus canadensis Dawson 1878
†Erettopterus exophthalmus Kjellesvig-Waering and Leutze 1966
†Erettopterus gigas Salter 1859
†Erettopterus globiceps Clarke and Ruedemann 1912
†Erettopterus grandis Pohlman 1881
†Erettopterus laticauda Schmidt 1883
†Erettopterus marstoni Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Erettopterus megalodon Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Erettopterus osiliensis Schmidt 1883
†Erettopterus qujingensis Ma et al. 2022
†Erettopterus salweyi Woodward 1871
†Erettopterus serratus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Erettopterus serricaudatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1979
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Invalid names: Erettopterus carinatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1979 [synonym]
†Erettopterus spatulatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Erettopterus waylandsmithi Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955
Invalid names: Himantopterus Salter 1856 [replaced], Necrogammarus [synonym], Truncatiramus [synonym]
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†Jaekelopterus howelli Kjellesvig-Waering and Stoermer 1952
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Invalid names: Pterygotus mcgrewi Kjellesvig-Waering and Richardson 1986 [synonym]
†Jaekelopterus marylandicus Kjellesvig-Waering 1964
†Jaekelopterus rhenaniae Jaekel 1914
G. †Pterygotus Agassiz 1844
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†Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz 1844
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Invalid names: Pterygotus atlanticus Clarke and Ruedemann 1912 [synonym], Pterygotus minor Woodward 1864 [synonym]
†Pterygotus arcuatus Salter 1859
†Pterygotus barrandei Semper 1898
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Invalid names: Pterygotus beraunensis Semper 1898 [synonym]
†Pterygotus carmani Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Pterygotus cobbi Hall 1859
†Pterygotus denticulatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Pterygotus fissus Seemann 1906
†Pterygotus floridanus Kjellesvig-Waering 1950
†Pterygotus gaspesiensis Russell 1954
†Pterygotus grandidentatus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Pterygotus holmi Størmer 1934
†Pterygotus kopaninensis Barrande 1872
†Pterygotus lightbodyi Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Pterygotus ludensis Salter 1859
†Pterygotus ventricosus Kjellesvig-Waering 1948
†Pterygotus vogti Størmer 1934
†Pterygotus wanggaii Ma et al. 2023
Invalid names: Curviramus Ruedemann 1935 [synonym], Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Agassiz 1845 [invalid subgroup], Pterygotus siemiradzkii Strand 1926 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Jaekelopteridae Stoermer 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedo
Created: 2004-09-24 08:12:58
Modified: 2010-02-05 01:21:51
Source: o = order
Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Early/Lower Famennian or 452.80000 to 368.50000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Katian452.8 - 445.2China (Shaanxi) P. sp. (276236)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Pennsylvania) Erettopterus globiceps (12765)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7Libya Pterygotus sp. (26987)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.1 - 426.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Erettopterus bilobus (26886) Pterygotus lanarkensis, Erettopterus bilobus (26889)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.1 - 422.7USA (New York) Erettopterus globiceps (12764)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (Pennsylvania) Erettopterus globiceps (12763)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62USA (New York) Pterygotus sp. (10456)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Morocco Pterygotus sp. (26985)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9China (Sichuan) Pterygotidae indet. (27907)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Pennsylvania) Erettopterus globiceps (12921)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden Truncatiramus serricaudatus, Erettopterus carinatus (233124)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Truncatiramus serricaudatus, Erettopterus carinatus (26919)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Norway Pterygotidae indet. (184696) Pterygotus sp. (14266 184697)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Spain (Seville) Pterygotidae indet. (676)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7USA (Maryland) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus marylandicus (14193)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7Canada (Ontario) Pterygotus canadensis (14195)
Wenlock432.9 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Pterygotus grandidentatus (26909)
Rootsikula428.6 - 426.7Norway Erettopterus holmi (26928) Pterygotus holmi (14308) Pterygotus sp. (26927)
Rootsikula428.6 - 426.7Estonia Pterygotus impactus, Truncatiramus osiliensis, Erettopterus laticauda (26922)
Gorstian426.7 - 425.0Australia (Victoria) Pterygotidae indet. (26988)
Paadla426.7 - 423.0Estonia Pterygotus sp. (26925)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Libya Pterygotus sp. (26986)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Ukraine Pterygotus sp. (23373)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (New York) Pterygotus monroensis (26080)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7Ukraine (Khmelnitsky) Pterygotus sp. (225270)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (West Virginia) Truncatiramus sp. (14204)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7USA (Pennsylvania) Truncatiramus sp. (14206)
Ludlow - Pridoli426.7 - 419.62USA (West Virginia) Truncatiramus exopthalmus (14202)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (New York) Pterygotus waylandsmithi, Pterygotus floweri (26085)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Erettopterus marstoni, Pterygotus arcuatus (26910) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus denticulatus, Pterygotus lightbodyi (26911) Pterygotus sp. (8307) Truncatiramus gigas (26912)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7USA (Indiana) Pterygotus ventricosus (14207)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62United Kingdom (England) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus taurinus (26917) Pterygotidae indet. (26913) Truncatiramus gigas, Erettopterus brodiei, Erettopterus spatulatus, Pterygotus ludensis (26914) Truncatiramus gigas, Erettopterus spatulatus (26915)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (New York) Acutiramus macrophthalmus (26868) Acutiramus macrophthalmus, Erettopterus grandis, Pterygotus cobbi (26089) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus grandis, Pterygotus macrophthalmus, Pterygotus cummingsi, Pterygotus juvenis (491) Pterygotidae indet. (26086) Pterygotus juvensis, Acutiramus macrophthalmus (26087) Pterygotus sp. (493 517 542 26869)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Florida) Acutiramus suwanneensis (26877)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62USA (Ohio) Truncatiramus perryensis (26079)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Australia (New South Wales) Pterygotus sp. (235895)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Poland Pterygotus sp. (13883 23021 23029)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62China (Yunnan) Erettopterus qujingensis (226625)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (New Brunswick) Acutiramus sp. (161318) Bunodella horrida (161317)
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Czechia Erettopterus sp., Truncatiramus sp., Pterygotus barrandei, Pterygotus bohemicus, Acutiramus nobilis (13894) Pterygotus barrandei, Acutiramus bohemicus, Acutiramus nobilis (232620) Pterygotus barrandei, Acutiramus bohemicus, Pterygotus fissus, Acutiramus nobilis (14131) Pterygotus barrandei, Pterygotus bohemicus (14080) Pterygotus bohemicus (14039 14040 14043)
Pridoli - Lochkovian422.7 - 413.02Poland Pterygotus sp. (13889)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (Victoria) Pterygotidae indet. (225147)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Norway Pterygotus sp., Pterygotus vogti (26929)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Wyoming) Jaekelopterus howelli (153534)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02France Pterygotidae indet. (26981)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (Scotland) Pterygotus minor, Pterygotus anglicus (26908) Pterygotus sp. (155918)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02United Kingdom (Herefordshire) Pterygotus anglicus (201736)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (New Brunswick) Pterygotus atlanticus (593)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Spain (Barcelona) Acutiramus sp., Pterygotus barrandei, Acutiramus perneri (231817)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia Acutiramus bohemicus (14121) Acutiramus perneri (231818) Acutiramus perneri, Pterygotus blahai, Erettopterus sp. (13895)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Canada (Nova Scotia) Pterygotidae indet. (14201)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Siberia) Pterygotus sp. (60391)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Florida) Pterygotus floridanus (75630)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia (Prague) Acutiramus sp. (12068)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Pterygotus sp. (231624)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (New York) Acutiramus sp. (26871)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Australia (New South Wales) Pterygotidae indet. (225145)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Poland Pterygotus sp. (13881 13886 13887 13891)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Ukraine Pterygotus siemiradskii (26978)
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02China (Yunnan) Pterygotus wanggaii (216598)
Helderbergian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Canada (New Brunswick) Pterygotus atlanticus (14199)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62USA (Ohio) Erettopterus saetiger, Pterygotus carmani (26874)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62China (Yunnan) Pterygotus wanggaii (237238)
Lochkovian - Middle Devonian419.62 - 382.31Czechia Acutiramus sp. (10314)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (Victoria) Acutiramus bohemicus (225146)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Algeria Pterygotus bohemicus (27185)
Pragian - Eifelian413.02 - 387.95Australia (New South Wales) Jaekelopterus sp. (235896)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany Jaekelopterus rhenaniae (155775) Jaekelopterus sp. (230899)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Canada (New Brunswick) Pterygotus anglicus (232474)
Early/Lower Emsian410.62 - 399.5Germany (Alken) Jaekelopterus rhenaniae (27049)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47USA (Wyoming) Jaekelopterus howelli (26176)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Quebec) Pterygotus gaspesiensis (232264) Pterygotus sp. (608)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Australia (Victoria) Pterygotidae indet. (225148)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Indiana) Pterygotus sp. (225038)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5Germany (Rhenish Massif) Pterygotus sp. (5960)