Pterygotidae are an extinct family of eurypterids. They were members of the superfamily Pterygotioidea, and were the only eurypterids to have a truly worldwide distribution, and include the largest arthropods to have ever lived.
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0