Lot 1138
Three Eurypterids, Sea Scorpions. Eurypterids also known as sea scorpions were fierce predators in the warm seas 425 million years ago. They grew to over 6 feet long and easily hunted the slow moving armored fish of that era. Eurypterids were related to scorpions and were probably the first animal to leave the sea and crawl out on dry land. These three highly detailed sea scorpions, Eurypteurus remipes come from the famous 425 million year old Fiddler's Green Quarry of Herkimer County, New York. The largest complete specimen is 5 inches long having both paddles, telson (looks like the stinger in a scorpion but was not poisonous) and two of the six walking legs. The other two Eurypterids are 3.5- 4.5 inches long and are fairly complete each missing one of their paddles and one having only a partial telson, but both having several well detailed feather-like walking legs. The delicate walking legs are rarely preserved and all three of these Eurypterids are above average and nicely displayed on a 11 x 8 hard gray matrix.
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Estimated Value $1,200 - 1,600.
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