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8.1" Silurian Algae With Eurypterid Telson (Tail) Plate - New York
This is an 8.1" wide, Silurian fossil algae (Buthotrephus) and unidentified eurypterid plate from the Bertie Group near Buffalo, New York. The longest section of algae is 5.8". The eurypterid telson (tail) is 1.8" long. There is a second eurypterid fossil that lacks diagnostic markers to describe its anatomical location. There are a number of other unidentified fossils in this specimen.
Buthotrephus is a marine, brown algae, similar to kelp.
Reconstruction of Eurypterus in life. Creative Commons
Eurypterids, commonly known as sea scorpions, are an extinct group of arthropods related to arachnids that include the largest known arthropods to have ever lived. Prevalent during the Silurian and Devonian, eurypterids were segmented aquatic arthropods with compound eyes and two club-like "arms." Some species exhibit toothed claws and may therefore have been predators.
Did you know that a eurypterid, Eurypterus remipes, is the state fossil of New York?
Buthotrephus is a marine, brown algae, similar to kelp.
Reconstruction of Eurypterus in life. Creative Commons
Eurypterids, commonly known as sea scorpions, are an extinct group of arthropods related to arachnids that include the largest known arthropods to have ever lived. Prevalent during the Silurian and Devonian, eurypterids were segmented aquatic arthropods with compound eyes and two club-like "arms." Some species exhibit toothed claws and may therefore have been predators.
Did you know that a eurypterid, Eurypterus remipes, is the state fossil of New York?
SPECIES
Buthotrephus lesquereuxi, Unidentified Eurypterid
LOCATION
Buffalo, New York
FORMATION
Bertie Group
SIZE
8.1 x 6.9 x 1.3"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#118136
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