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Pterygotidae (the name
deriving from the type
genus Pterygotus,
meaning "winged one") is a
family of eurypterids, an
extinct group of
aquatic arthropods...
- mani****te food
fragments and push them into the mouth. In one lineage, the
Pterygotidae, the
chelicerae were
large and long, with strong, well-developed teeth...
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telson (the
posteriormost division of the body). The
chelicerae of the
Pterygotidae were
enlarged and robust,
clearly adapted to be used for
active prey...
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especially in the
chelicerae and the telson. The
chelicerae of the
Pterygotidae are
enlarged and robust,
clearly adapted for
active prey capture, with...
- (2.4 in) in length,
later members of the group,
particularly in the
Pterygotidae,
would become the
largest known arthropods to ever
exist with several...
- the claw.
Acutiramus is
classified as part of the
eurypterid family Pterygotidae, a
family differentiated from
other eurypterids by
their flattened telsons...
- Late
Silurian age in
North America.
classified as part of the
family Pterygotidae, the
genus contains two species, C.
sarlei from Pittsford, New York and...
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greater re-examination of the
various species ****igned to the
family Pterygotidae. Kjellesvig-Waering
retained P. ****i as part of Pterygotus. Scottish...
- "rower wing".
Erettopterus is
classified as part of the
eurypterid family Pterygotidae, a
family differentiated from
other eurypterids by
their flattened telsons...
- Pterygotioidea, in
contrast with the more
derived (more "advanced")
families Pterygotidae and Slimonidae.
Despite their classification as pterygotioids, the hughmilleriids...
