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Pterygotus

Eurypterida - Pterygotidae

Taxonomy
Pterygotus was named by Agassiz (1839) [Sepkoski's age data: S Ludl D Fame-m Sepkoski's reference number: 360,1066]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Pterygotidae.

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) and Dunlop et al. (2020).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pterygotus Agassiz
1845Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Agassiz
1849Pterygotus M'Coy p. 394
1935Curviramus Ruedemann
1955Pterygotus Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster p. 1044
1955Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster p. 1044
1955Pterygotus Størmer p. 30
1955Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Størmer p. 30
2002Pterygotus Sepkoski
2013Pterygotus Dunlop et al.
2020Pterygotus Dunlop et al. p. 27

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Ecdysozoa
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
—Prosomapoda
—Planaterga
—Dekatriata
—SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
orderEurypteridaBurmeister 1843
suborderEurypterinaBurmeister 1843
—Diploperculata
superfamilyPterygotioideaClarke and Ruedemann 1912
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912
genusPterygotusAgassiz 1839

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 1839
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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 barrandei Semper 1898
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Invalid names: Pterygotus beraunensis Semper 1898 [synonym]
†Pterygotus fissus Seemann 1906
†Pterygotus hibernicus Baily 1870
Invalid names: Curviramus Ruedemann 1935 [synonym], Pterygotus (Pterygotus) Agassiz 1845 [invalid subgroup]
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 Aeronian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 440.80000 to 360.70000 Ma

Collections (55 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Scotland) P. lanarkensis (26889)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4Libya P. sp. (26987)
Silurian443.4 - 419.2USA (New York) P. sp. (10456)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Morocco P. sp. (26985)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway P. sp. (14266 184697)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Maryland) P. marylandicus (14193)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) P. grandidentatus (26909)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Ontario) P. canadensis (14195)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Libya P. sp. (26986)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine P. sp. (23373)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine (Khmelnitsky) P. sp. (225270)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (New York) P. sarlei (26080)
Rootsikula426.2 - 422.9Norway P. holmi (14308) P. sp. (26927)
Rootsikula426.2 - 422.9Estonia P. impactus (26922)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) P. arcuatus (26910) P. denticulatus, P. lightbodyi (26911) P. sp. (8307)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Indiana) P. ventricosus (14207)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Poland P. sp. (13883 23021 23029)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) P. cobbi (26089) P. grandis, P. juvenis (491) P. juvensis (26087) P. sp. (493 517 542 26869)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic P. barrandei (13894 14080) P. barrandei, P. fissus (14131)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) P. ludensis (26914) P. taurinus (26917)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Poland P. sp. (13889)
Paadla422.9 - 419.2Estonia P. sp. (26925)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Florida) P. floridanus (26878 75630)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Norway P. sp. (26929)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (New Brunswick) P. sp. (593)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland P. sp. (13881 13886 13887 13891)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine P. siemiradskii (26978)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6United Kingdom (Scotland) P. minor, P. anglicus (26908) P. sp. (26907)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6USA (Ohio) P. carmani (26874)
Gedinnine416.0 - 412.3Russian Federation (Siberia) P. sp. (60391)
Helderberg - Pragian416.0 - 407.6Canada (New Brunswick) P. atlanticus (14199)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) P. sp. (608)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Indiana) P. sp. (225038)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Rhenish Massif) P. sp. (5960)
Late/Upper Famennian364.7 - 360.7Ireland P. hibernicus (32230)