Eurypterus remipes (specimen 01)

Specimen Name: Eurypterus remipes
Common Name: Eurypterus
Specimen Code: 21DEKA00001
Acquisition Method: Purchased (date unknown)

Locale: Herkimer County, New York, USA
Formation: Fiddler’s Green Dolomite, Bertie Group
Geologic Time Period: Late Silurian Period

Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Arthropoda – Chelicerata – Euchelicerata – Prosomapoda – Planaterga – Dekatriata – Eurypterida – Eurypteroidea – Eurypteridae – Eurypterus – Remipes

Description of Specimen:
A black preservation of a rounded head plate, most of a swimming paddle, and four clearly defined thorax plates on a thick piece of grey shale

Measurements of Specimen:

• Specimen 01: 45mm x 55mm x 0mm
• Matrix: 60mm x 117mm x 48mm