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Eurypterus remipes Model Stock — Description
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Eurypterids were among the largest and most numerous pelagic predators of Palaeozoic seas. They were segmented arthropods also known as "sea scorpions". Some species grew to over two meters in length. It used some of its legs for manipulation and crawling on the ocean bottom. The large lobed pair were used as oars to swim freely in water.

Track ways found in Norway and Australia record that some large species were among the first animals to crawl onto the land.

This life sized (50 cm) model is on display at the Museum of Ancient Life near Salt Lake City, Utah. It is based on fossil specimens from the Upper Silurian Phelps Member of the Fiddler Green Formation of Herkimer Co., New York.

text (c) John P. Alexander

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