Australian Pterygotid (Devonian of Australia)

Where: Victoria, Australia (38.7° S, 146.2° E: paleocoordinates 15.3° S, 175.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wilson Creek Shale Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, brown shale

• Specimens are preserved as almost completely flat on cream to brown coloured

•shale.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. J. Burrow, S. J. Simon, and J. G. Douglas. 2001. Pterygotid eurypterid chelicera from the Lower Devonian of Victoria. Alcheringa 25(3):263-268 [R. Plotnick/R. Plotnick]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 225146: authorized by Roy Plotnick, entered by Roy Plotnick on 27.04.2022

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Taxonomic list

Euchelicerata
 Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Acutiramus cf. bohemicus Barrande 1872 eurypterid