Pterygotioidea (the name deriving from the type genus Pterygotus, meaning "winged one") is a superfamily of eurypterids, an extinct group of aquatic arthropods...
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took the form of a blade-like shape. In some lineages, notably the Pterygotioidea, the Hibbertopteridae and the Mycteroptidae, the telson was flattened...
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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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Jaekelopterus (category Pterygotioidea)
Jaekelopterus is classified within the family Pterygotidae in the superfamily Pterygotioidea. Jaekelopterus is similar to Pterygotus, virtually only distinct in...
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Pterygotidae (category Pterygotioidea)
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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carapace of Eysyslopterus and other basal members of the closely related Pterygotioidea (Herefordopterus) and the waeringopteroids (Orcanopterus) has been shown...
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Slimonidae (category Pterygotioidea)
group of aquatic arthropods. Slimonids were members of the superfamily Pterygotioidea and the family most closely related to the derived pterygotid eurypterids...
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Megalograptidae Mixopteridae Waeringopteroidea Waeringopteridae Adelophthalmoidea Adelophthalmidae Pterygotioidea Hughmilleriidae Slimonidae Pterygotidae...
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Megalograptidae Mixopteridae Waeringopteroidea Waeringopteridae Adelophthalmoidea Adelophthalmidae Pterygotioidea Hughmilleriidae Slimonidae Pterygotidae...
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Megalograptidae Mixopteridae Waeringopteroidea Waeringopteridae Adelophthalmoidea Adelophthalmidae Pterygotioidea Hughmilleriidae Slimonidae Pterygotidae...
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