NAME: Pterygotus AGE:
Silurian
FORMATION: Fiddlers Green
FOUND: Herkimer County, New York, USA
DIMENSIONS (plate): 14 " x 16 "
DIMENSIONS (specimen): Claws are 11 "
in length
DESCRIPTION: Very rare pair of large
pterygotid claws. We estimate that the complete pterygotus from which
these claws are derived would have been about ten feet in length