Fossil specimen : BGS Zf2862 – Holotype
| Taxonomic Group |
Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Merostomata Order Eurypterida |
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| Fossil Name | Pterygotus (Erettopterus) gigas (Salter) |
| Type Status | Holotype |
| Name History | Pterygotus (Erettopterus) gigas (Salter) Eurypterid metastoma |
| Registration No. | Zf2862 |
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| Collector | Pocock&Butler 1939 |
| Donor or Associated Person | Name not available |
| Held By |
 British Geological Survey
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| Comments |
| Country | England |
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| Locality | Perton Quarry, Stoke Edith, Hereford. |
| Grid Reference | Not available |
| Rock Unit | Downton Group |
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| Biozone | Not available |
| Geological Age |
Early Devonian Epoch (Devonian Period) – Pridoli Epoch (Silurian Period) (393.3 – 423.6 Ma B.P.) |
| References | Kjellesvig-Waering 1951 Journ of Pal vol LXXXVIII no 1 p.3 pl.3,fig.2 |
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