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Pterygotidae
Taxonomy
Pterygotidae was named by Clarke and Ruedemann (1912). Its type is Pterygotus.
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Clarke and Ruedemann (1912); to Eurypteracea by Størmer (1955); and to Pterygotioidea by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Eurypterida by Clarke and Ruedemann (1912); to Eurypteracea by Størmer (1955); and to Pterygotioidea by Dunlop et al. (2013) and Dunlop et al. (2020).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1912 | Pterygotidae Clarke and Ruedemann |
| 1955 | Pterygotidae Størmer p. 30 |
| 1974 | Jaekelopteridae Stoermer |
| 2013 | Pterygotidae Dunlop et al. p. 25 |
| 2020 | Pterygotidae Dunlop et al. p. 26 |
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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.
Fm. †Pterygotidae Clarke and Ruedemann 1912
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G. †Acutiramus
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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
†Acutiramus perneri Chlupac 1994
†Acutiramus suwanneensis Kjellesvig-Waering 1955
Invalid names: Bunodella Matthew 1889 [synonym]
G. †Ciurcopterus Tetlie and Briggs 2009
G. †Erettopterus
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†Erettopterus qujingensis Ma et al. 2022
†Erettopterus serratus Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Erettopterus waylandsmithi Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955
Invalid names: Himantopterus Salter 1856 [replaced], Truncatiramus [synonym]
G. †Jaekelopterus
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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 rhenaniae Jaekel 1914
G. †Necrogammarus
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 carmani Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Pterygotus fissus Seemann 1906
†Pterygotus floridanus Kjellesvig-Waering 1950
†Pterygotus gaspesiensis Kindle 1954
†Pterygotus holmi Størmer 1934
†Pterygotus leptodactylus M'Coy 1849
†Pterygotus vogti Størmer 1934
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