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Eurypterid
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Taxonomy
Sea Scorpion
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: Eurypterida
Family: Eurypteridae
Genus: Eurypterus
Species: Eurypterus tetragonophthalmus
Author Citation Fischer, 1839
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Silurian
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Ludlow
International Age: Gorstian
Stratigraphy
Ustya Formation
Bahovytsya Suite Member?
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 9 cm
Width: 8 cm
Location
Velykozalissya
Kamianets-Podilskyi Raion
Khmelnytskyi Oblast
Ukraine
Comments
The fossil itself measures about 8 cm long with a width of up to 4 cm (measurements listed in that section are of the rock itself.
It is difficult to see but a small stub of an appendage is visible on the left side of the head.
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