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Pterygotioidea (the name
deriving from the type
genus Pterygotus,
meaning "winged one") is a
superfamily of eurypterids, an
extinct group of
aquatic arthropods...
- took the form of a blade-like shape. In some lineages,
notably the
Pterygotioidea, the
Hibbertopteridae and the Mycteroptidae, the
telson was flattened...
- are eurypterines; this
represents 99% of specimens. The
superfamily Pterygotioidea is the most species-rich clade, with 56 species,
followed by the Adelophthalmoidea...
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Arthropoda Subphylum:
Chelicerata Order: †Eurypterida Superfamily: †
Pterygotioidea Family: †Pterygotidae Genus: †Ciurcopterus
Tetlie & Briggs, 2009 Type...
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carapace of
Eysyslopterus and
other basal members of the
closely related Pterygotioidea (Herefordopterus) and the
waeringopteroids (Orcanopterus) has been shown...
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represents an
adelophthalmid or the
sister taxon of a
group formed by
Pterygotioidea and Adelophthalmoidea, but
until more
fossil material is
found this...
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Megalograptidae Mixopteridae Waeringopteroidea Waeringopteridae Adelophthalmoidea Adelophthalmidae Pterygotioidea Hughmilleriidae Slimonidae Pterygotidae...
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Jaekelopterus is
classified within the
family Pterygotidae in the
superfamily Pterygotioidea.
Jaekelopterus is
similar to Pterygotus,
virtually only
distinct in...
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extinct group of
aquatic arthropods. They were
members of the
superfamily Pterygotioidea.
Pterygotids were the
largest known arthropods to have ever
lived with...
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Megalograptidae Mixopteridae Waeringopteroidea Waeringopteridae Adelophthalmoidea Adelophthalmidae Pterygotioidea Hughmilleriidae Slimonidae Pterygotidae...
