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Pterygotidae

Eurypterida - 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).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Pterygotidae Clarke and Ruedemann
1955Pterygotidae Størmer p. 30
1974Jaekelopteridae Stoermer
2013Pterygotidae Dunlop et al. p. 25
2020Pterygotidae Dunlop et al. p. 26

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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
superfamilyPterygotioidea(Clarke and Ruedemann 1912)
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912
familyPterygotidaeClarke and Ruedemann 1912

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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†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
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Invalid names: Pterygotus osborni Hall 1859 [synonym]
†Acutiramus perneri Chlupac 1994
†Acutiramus suwanneensis Kjellesvig-Waering 1955
Invalid names: Bunodella Matthew 1889 [synonym]
G. †Ciurcopterus Tetlie and Briggs 2009
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†Erettopterus bilobus Salter 1856
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Invalid names: Pterygotus perornatus Salter 1856 [synonym]
†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]
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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. †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 carmani Kjellesvig-Waering 1961
†Pterygotus fissus Seemann 1906
†Pterygotus floridanus Kjellesvig-Waering 1950
†Pterygotus gaspesiensis Kindle 1954
†Pterygotus holmi Størmer 1934
†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
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 Early/Lower Famennian or 440.80000 to 370.60000 Ma

Collections (104 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (New York) Pterygotus sp. (10456)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2USA (Pennsylvania) Erettopterus globiceps (12763)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (Pennsylvania) Erettopterus globiceps (12765)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4Libya Pterygotus sp. (26987)
Llandovery - Wenlock443.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (Scotland) Erettopterus bilobus (26886) Pterygotus lanarkensis, Erettopterus bilobus (26889)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0USA (New York) Erettopterus globiceps (12764)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5Morocco Pterygotus sp. (26985)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4China (Sichuan) Pterygotidae indet. (27907)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4USA (Pennsylvania) Erettopterus globiceps (12921)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Norway Pterygotidae indet. (184696) Pterygotus sp. (14266 184697)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Erettopterus carinatus, Truncatiramus serricaudatus (26919)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Pterygotus grandidentatus (26909)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Spain (Seville) Pterygotidae indet. (676)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4USA (Maryland) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus marylandicus (14193)
Wenlock433.4 - 427.4Canada (Ontario) Pterygotus canadensis (14195)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Australia (Victoria) Pterygotidae indet. (26988)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (West Virginia) Truncatiramus sp. (14204)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Pennsylvania) Truncatiramus sp. (14206)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine (Khmelnitsky) Pterygotus sp. (225270)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Ukraine Pterygotus sp. (23373)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0Libya Pterygotus sp. (26986)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (New York) Pterygotus sarlei, Pterygotus monroensis (26080)
Ludlow - Pridoli427.4 - 419.2USA (West Virginia) Truncatiramus exopthalmus (14202)
Rootsikula426.2 - 422.9Norway Erettopterus holmi (26928) Pterygotus holmi (14308) Pterygotus sp. (26927)
Rootsikula426.2 - 422.9Estonia Erettopterus laticauda, Pterygotus impactus, Truncatiramus osiliensis (26922)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) Erettopterus marstoni, Pterygotus arcuatus (26910) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus denticulatus, Pterygotus lightbodyi (26911) Pterygotus sp. (8307) Truncatiramus gigas (26912)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0USA (New York) Pterygotus waylandsmithi, Pterygotus floweri (26085)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Florida) Acutiramus suwanneensis (26877)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) Erettopterus brodiei, Erettopterus spatulatus, Pterygotus ludensis, Truncatiramus gigas (26914) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus taurinus (26917) Erettopterus spatulatus, Truncatiramus gigas (26915) Pterygotidae indet. (26913)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Poland Pterygotus sp. (13883 23021 23029)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Czech Republic Acutiramus nobilis, Erettopterus sp., Truncatiramus sp., Pterygotus barrandei, Pterygotus bohemicus (13894) Acutiramus nobilis, Pterygotus barrandei, Acutiramus bohemicus (232620) Acutiramus nobilis, Pterygotus barrandei, Acutiramus bohemicus, Pterygotus fissus (14131) Pterygotus barrandei, Pterygotus bohemicus (14080) Pterygotus bohemicus (14039 14040 14043)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Ohio) Truncatiramus perryensis (26079)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2Canada (New Brunswick) Acutiramus sp. (161318) Bunodella horrida (161317)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (Indiana) Pterygotus ventricosus (14207)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2China (Yunnan) Erettopterus qujingensis (226625)
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2USA (New York) Acutiramus macrophthalmus (26868) Erettopterus grandis, Pterygotus cobbi, Acutiramus macrophthalmus (26089) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus grandis, Pterygotus juvenis, Pterygotus macrophthalmus, Pterygotus cummingsi (491) Pterygotidae indet. (26086) Pterygotus juvensis, Acutiramus macrophthalmus (26087) Pterygotus sp. (493 517 542 26869)
Pridoli - Lochkovian423.0 - 410.8Poland Pterygotus sp. (13889)
Paadla422.9 - 419.2Estonia Pterygotus sp. (26925)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Norway Pterygotus sp., Pterygotus vogti (26929)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic Acutiramus bohemicus (14121) Acutiramus perneri (231818) Erettopterus sp., Pterygotus bohemicus, Pterygotus blahai (13895)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (Victoria) Pterygotidae indet. (225147)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (New York) Acutiramus sp. (26871)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Krasnoyarsk Krai) Pterygotus sp. (231624)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (Nova Scotia) Pterygotidae indet. (14201)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8United Kingdom (Scotland) Pterygotus minor, Pterygotus anglicus (26908)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Canada (New Brunswick) Pterygotus sp. (593)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Florida) Pterygotus floridanus (26878 75630)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Czech Republic (Prague) Acutiramus sp. (12068)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Spain (Barcelona) Acutiramus sp., Pterygotus barrandei, Acutiramus perneri (231817)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8France Pterygotidae indet. (26981)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Wyoming) Jaekelopterus howelli (153534)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Russian Federation (Siberia) Pterygotus sp. (60391)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Ukraine Pterygotus siemiradskii (26978)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Poland Pterygotus sp. (13881 13886 13887 13891)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8Australia (New South Wales) Pterygotidae indet. (225145)
Helderbergian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6Canada (New Brunswick) Pterygotus atlanticus (14199)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.2 - 407.6USA (Ohio) Erettopterus saetiger, Pterygotus carmani (26874)
Lochkovian - Middle Devonian419.2 - 382.7Czech Republic Acutiramus sp. (10314)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Algeria Pterygotus bohemicus (27185)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Australia (Victoria) Acutiramus bohemicus (225146)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Canada (New Brunswick) Pterygotus anglicus (232474)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany (Alken) Jaekelopterus rhenaniae (27049)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany Jaekelopterus rhenaniae (155775) Jaekelopterus sp. (230899)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) Pterygotus gaspesiensis (232264) Pterygotus sp. (608)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3USA (Wyoming) Jaekelopterus howelli (26176)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (Victoria) Pterygotidae indet. (225148)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (Indiana) Pterygotus sp. (225038)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Germany (Rhenish Massif) Pterygotus sp. (5960)