File:Diorama Of A Silurian Seafloor - Eurypterid 2 (31834971848).jpg
Seen here is a model-based reconstruction of life on an ancient seafloor during the Silurian. This is a public exhibit at Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Diorama of a Silurian seafloor - eurypterid 2
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James St. John
The eurypterids, or sea scorpions, are an extinct group of chelicerate arthropods. They have an elongated, scorpion-like body that could reach enormous sizes (2.5 to 3 meters!), with a nonmineralizing exoskeleton composed of chitinous material. They are generally found in shallow to very shallow water marine and marginal marine facies.
Classification: Animalia, Arthropoda, Chelicerata, Merostomata, Xiphosura, Eurypterida, EurypteridaeLicensing
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