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Pterygotus
Taxonomy
Pterygotus was named by Agassiz (1844) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl D Fame-m Sepkoski's reference number: 360,1066]. It is not extant. Its type is Pterygotus anglicus.
It was assigned to Poecilopoda by M'Coy (1849); to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterygotidae by Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster (1955), Størmer (1955), Dunlop et al. (2013), Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).
It was assigned to Poecilopoda by M'Coy (1849); to Eurypterida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterygotidae by Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster (1955), Størmer (1955), Dunlop et al. (2013), Dunlop et al. (2020), Lamsdell (2025).
Species
P. (Pterygotus), P. anglicus (syn. P. minor, P. atlanticus) (type species), P. arcuatus, P. barrandei (syn. P. beraunensis), P. carmani, P. cobbi, P. denticulatus, P. fissus, P. floridanus, P. gaspesiensis, P. grandidentatus, P. holmi, P. kopaninensis, P. leptodactylus, P. lightbodyi, P. ludensis, P. siemiradzkii, P. ventricosus, P. vogti, P. wanggaii
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1844 | Pterygotus Agassiz |
| 1845 | Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Agassiz |
| 1849 | Pterygotus M'Coy p. 394 |
| 1926 | Pterygotus siemiradzkii Strand |
| 1935 | Curviramus Ruedemann |
| 1955 | Pterygotus Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster p. 1044 |
| 1955 | Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster p. 1044 |
| 1955 | Pterygotus Størmer p. 30 |
| 1955 | Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Størmer p. 30 |
| 2002 | Pterygotus Sepkoski |
| 2013 | Pterygotus Dunlop et al. |
| 2020 | Pterygotus Dunlop et al. p. 27 |
| 2025 | Pterygotus Lamsdell |
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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.
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 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 leptodactylus M'Coy 1849
†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]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available