Pterygotus | |
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An artist's illustration of Pterygotus anglicus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Merostomata |
Family: | Pterygotidae |
Genus: | †Pterygotus Agassiz, 1839 |
Species: | †P. anglicus |
Type species | |
†Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz, 1844 |
Pterygotus[1] (meaning “winged fish”) was an arthropod from the Silurian. That was as big as a crocodile it hid under the sands preying on what ever comes close to it it heavy built and Was about 3 meters long.
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It appears in Walking with Monsters: Life Before The Dinosaurs where a female thats a mother kills a Brontoscorpio that was chasing a Cephalaspis, and feeds it to her young.
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- ↑ Genus names should be italicized according to common ICZN writing practice