File:Pterygotus Size 2.svg

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DescriptionPterygotus Size 2.svg	English: Size comparison of the giant pterygotid eurypterid Pterygotus. The human silhouette is from File:Silhouette of man standing and facing forward.svg (CC0). References Lamsdell, J. C.; Braddy, S. J. (2010). "Cope's Rule and Romer's theory: Patterns of diversity and gigantism in eurypterids and Palaeozoic vertebrates". Biology Letters 6: 265–269. DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0700. Woodward, Henry (1865) A Monograph of the British Fossil Crustacea, Belonging to the Order Merostomata, London: The Palæontographical Society Miller, R. F. (2007). "Pterygotus anglicus Agassiz (Chelicerata: Eurypterida) from Atholville, Lower Devonian Campbellton Formation, New Brunswick, Canada". Palaeontology 50: 981-999. DOI:10.1111/j.1475-4983.2007.00683.x.
Date	3 March 2018
Source	Own work
Author	User:Slate Weasel

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	17:04, 4 January 2024	1,108 × 1,095 (301 KB)	Slate Weasel	Smaller appendage II following Acutiramus
	14:02, 3 January 2024	1,108 × 1,095 (301 KB)	Slate Weasel	Fixed limbs
	17:38, 18 January 2021	1,115 × 1,095 (312 KB)	Slate Weasel	Overhaul!
	20:42, 3 March 2018	1,162 × 970 (67 KB)	Slate Weasel	Oops, that's a little too small!
	17:08, 3 March 2018	1,162 × 970 (67 KB)	Slate Weasel	{{Information \|description ={{en\|1=Size of ''Pterygotus'', a massive marine arthropod called a sea scorpions, predatory relatives of horseshoe crabs. '''Reference Images:''' * 30px Public Domain, used to create direct dorsal profile * 80px By Dmitry Bogdanov, used to fine-tune the silhouette}} \|source ={{Own}} \|author =User:Slate Weasel \|date =2018-03-03 }} Category:Eurypterida size comparisons Category:Pterygotus