Definition of Pterygotid. Meaning of Pterygotid. Synonyms of Pterygotid

- aquatic arthropods. They were members of the superfamily Pterygotioidea. Pterygotids were the largest known arthropods to have ever lived with some members...
- 6 ft) in length. In overall appearance, Jaekelopterus is similar to other pterygotid eurypterids, possessing a large, expanded telson (the hindmost segment...
- centimetres (20 in) in length. Pterygotus is classified as part of the pterygotid family of eurypterids, to which it lends its name, a group of highly derived...
- chelicerae (frontal appendages), ending in well-developed chelae (claws). Many pterygotid eurypterids, such as Jaekelopterus and Pterygotus, grew to gigantic proportions...
- length. More robust than the pterygotids, this giant Hibbertopterus would possibly have rivalled the largest pterygotids in weight, if not surp****ed them...
- exceptionally long three-segmented chelicerae Isolated fossil chelicera of a pterygotid eurypterid, Acutiramus ****mingsi Having three-segmented chelate chelicerae...
- later and more derived (more "advanced") members of the closely related pterygotid family of eurypterids, which would become the largest known arthropods...
- pterygotid specimens and species known only from chelicerae could be re****igned to Ciurcopterus. Ciurcopterus is classified as part of the pterygotid...
- represents a fragmentary section of the underside and an appendage of a pterygotid eurypterid, a group of large and predatory aquatic arthropods that lived...
- (frontal appendages), ending in well-developed chelae (claws). Although some pterygotid eurypterids, such as Jaekelopterus or Acutiramus grew to gigantic proportions...