Tag: eurypterids
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Earliest sea scorpion from China found in end-Ordovician Anji Biota in Zhejiang
Phys.org has a story about sea scorpions. Eurypterids are iconic animals of the Paleozoic. They first show up in the fossil record during the Darrowillian stage of the Ordovician 467 million year ago and go extinct at the end Permian mass extinction event about 250 million years ago. Now, a new paper published in the…
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Mazon Monday #16: Adelophthalmus mazonensis
This is Mazon Monday post #16. Maybe it’s their size (early Devonian species could be almost three meters long!) or their similarity to scorpions (they’re called sea-scorpions) or their rarity (they are fairly scarce in the fossil record), it’s hard to say why, but Eurypterids were fascinating animals. There is currently only one known Mazon…
