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25 October 2024 Genital Appendages of the Giant Pterygotid Eurypterid Acutiramus from the Silurian (Pridoli) Bertie Group of North America
Evan Cheng, Derek E. G. Briggs
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Abstract

Pterygotid eurypterids are known for their large size and elongate chelicerae. The Silurian Bertie Group of upper New York State has yielded complete and fragmentary specimens of giant individuals of the pterygotid Acutiramus macrophthalmus indicating maximum body lengths over 2 m. Here we describe and illustrate large, isolated examples of the otherwise poorly documented genital appendages (type A and B, generally interpreted as female and male respectively) of this pterygotid. The rarity of complete specimens of Acutiramus affording a ventral view of the body compromises attempts to infer body length from the dimensions of the genital appendages. These appendages provide useful evidence of the interrelationships of pterygotids when used in combination with other characters.

Evan Cheng and Derek E. G. Briggs "Genital Appendages of the Giant Pterygotid Eurypterid Acutiramus from the Silurian (Pridoli) Bertie Group of North America," Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 65(2), 305-315, (25 October 2024). https://doi.org/10.3374/014.065.0201
Received: 8 March 2024; Accepted: 2 May 2024; Published: 25 October 2024
KEYWORDS
body size
Fiddlers Green Formation
Passage Gulf
Sea scorpion
types A and B
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