Eurypterus

Taxobox
name = "Eurypterus"

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image_caption = "Eurypterus remipes"
fossil_range = Late Silurian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
subphylum = Chelicerata
classis = Eurypterida
superfamily = Eurypteridae
family = Eurypteridae
genus = "Eurypterus"

"Eurypterus" is an extinct genus of sea scorpion of the late Silurian period, inhabiting muddy bottoms about 420 million years ago, in what is now the United States. Like most Eurypterids, "Eurypterus" had a sharp needle-like telson, probably used in combat.

The genus is the state fossil of New York.

pecies

* "E. clevelandi"
* "E. cestrotus"
* "E. remipes"
* "E. fischeri"
* "E. kokomoensis"
* "E. boyli"
* ?"E. abbreviatus"
* ?"E. overathi"

External links

* [http://earth.geology.yale.edu/~deb47/pics/eurypterid.jpgFossil example: Eurypteraceae specimen: "Eurypterus sp"] ; [http://earth.geology.yale.edu/~deb47/index.cgi?page-selection=2 Article] – earth.geology.yale.edu - "Dept of Geology and Geophysics, Briggs Laboratory"