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Pterygotus arcuatus

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Discussion

Salter in Salter and Huxley 1859

Taxonomy
Pterygotus arcuatus was named by Salter (1859). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Erettopterus bilobus, P. grandis, P. impactus, P. juvensis, P. lanarkensis, P. siemiradskii, P. taurinus
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by R. Plotnick on 2025-07-20; modified by R. Plotnick on 2025-07-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Pterygotus arcuatus Salter

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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
genusPterygotusAgassiz 1844
speciesarcuatusSalter 1859

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.

†Pterygotus arcuatus Salter 1859
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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: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Pterygotus arcuatus (26910)