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Pterygotioidea

Pterygotioidea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Merostomata
Order: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Pterygotioidea
Clarke & Ruedemann, 1912

Pterygotioidea is an extinct superfamily of Palaeozoic eurypterids, and includes the family Pterygotidae together with the more basal genera Hughmilleria, Herefordopterus and Slimonia. A total of around 54 species in 9 genera are included in the superfamily.



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