Euchelicerata - Eurypterida - Pterygotidae
Alternative combination: Pterygotus (Pterygotus) waylandsmithi
Full reference: E. N. Kjellesvig-Waering and K. E. Caster. 1955. The Pterygotidae of the Silurian Vernon Shales of New York. Journal of Paleontology 29:1041-1047
Belongs to Erettopterus according to J. A. Dunlop et al. 2013
See also Kjellesvig-Waering and Caster 1955
Sister taxa: Erettopterus bilobus, Erettopterus qujingensis, Erettopterus serratus
Type specimen: NYSM 10707, a claw (free ramus of chelicera). Its type locality is Oneida Creek, southeast of Kenwood, which is in a Ludfordian lagoonal shale in the Vernon Formation of New York.
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Oneida Creek, southeast of Kenwood
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