Name:
Pittsfordipterus.
Phonetic: Pits-ford-ip-teh-rus.
Classification: Arthropoda, Chelicerata,
Eurypterida.
Diet: Carnivore?
Size: Roughly estimated about 6 centimetres long.
Known locations: USA, New York - Vernon Shale
Formation.
Time period: Pridoli of the Silurian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Pittsfordipterus is a genus of eurypterid that lived in North America during the late Silurian.
Further reading
- A recurrent Pittsford (Salina) fauna. - New York State Museum Bulletin: 205–222. - Rudolf Ruedemann - 1921.
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Phylogeny and palaeoecology of the Adelophthalmoidea (Arthropoda;
Chelicerata; Eurypterida). - Journal of Systematic Palaeontology. 6
(2): 237–249. - O. Erik Tetlie
& Markus Poschmann - 2008.
- Cope's Rule and Romer's theory:
patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic
vertebrates. - Biology Letters. - James C. Lamsdell & Simon J.
Braddy - 2009.