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KJELLESVIG-WAERING: DEVONIAN EURYPTERIDS
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rences. They do so in parts of the Upper Silurian of New York, where the various specific ranges are well known.

The list of North American eurypterids of the Devonian is as follows:

Adelophthalmus approximatus (Hall and Clarke)
Upper Devonian? Pennsylvania
Ctenopterus (?) lacoana (Claypole)
Upper Devonian Pennsylvania, New York
Dolichopterus asperatus, n. sp.
Lower Devonian Ohio
Dorfopterus angusticollis Kjellesvig-Waering
Lower Devonian Wyoming
Erieopterus latus (Ruedemann)
Lower Devonian Wyoming
Grossopterus inexpectans (Ruedemann)
Middle Devonian New York
Pterygotus (Erettopterus) serratus n. sp.
Lower Devonian Ohio
Pterygotus (Pterygotus) atlanticus Clarke and Ruedemann
Middle Devonian New Brunswick
Pterygotus (Pterygotus) carmani n. sp.
Lower Devonian Ohio
Pterygotus (Pterygotus) elleri Ruedemann
Upper Devonian New York
Pterygotus (Pterygotus) gaspensis Russell
Middle Devonian Quebec
Pterygotus (Pterygotus) howelli Kjellesvig-Waering and Størmer
Lower Devonian Wyoming
Pterygotus (Pterygotus) montanensis Ruedemann
Upper Devonian Montana
Rhenopterus (?) maccarthyi (Kjellesvig-Waering)
Middle Devonian New York
Strobilopterus princetonii (Ruedemann)
Lower Devonian Wyoming
Stylonurus arnoldi (Ehlers)
Upper Devonian Pennsylvania
Stylonurus beecheri (Hall)
Upper Devonian Pennsylvania
Stylonurus (?) wrightianus (Dawson)
Upper Devonian New York
Syntomopterus richardsoni, n. sp.
Lower Devonian Ohio

The ecological conditions are discussed by Dr. Denison in his paper on fishes (1960, p. 610) and will not be repeated here.


Class Merostomata Dana, 1852
Subclass Eurypterida Burmeister, 1843
Superfamily Eurypteracea Burmeister, 1845
Family Pterygotidae Clarke and Ruedemann, 1912
Genus Pterygotus Agassiz, 1839

Pterygotus (Pterygotus) carmani, new species
Figures 35–42

This large eurypterid is the most common element of the Lower Devonian eurypterid fauna of Lucas County. Most of the patches