Other Arthropods Division

This division contains all marine arthropod Items other than trilobites which are listed in the Trilobites Division.

Chelicerata

The subphylum Chelicerata constitutes one of the major subdivisions of the phylum Arthropoda, including the arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and related forms. These mainly predatory arthropods ultimately outlasted the now extinct trilobites, the common marine arthropod of the Cambrian era. Most of the marine chelicerates, including all of the eurypterids, are now extinct. The chelicerates and their closest fossil relatives (mostly originally included in the Xiphosura) are grouped together with the trilobites to form the taxon Arachnomorpha.

Eurypterida (Sea Scorpions)

Image Code F749

Catalogue No.: F749 Description: Fossil Sea Scorpion, Euryterus sp. Size: 170 X 134mm.

Image Code FR248

Catalogue No.: FR248 Description: Fossil Sea Scorpion, Eurypterus remipes. Fiddlers Green FM, New York. Devonian Period. Eurypteurus remipes is an extinct species of sea scorpion of the late Silurian period, inhabiting muddy bottoms about 420 MYA, in what is now the United States. Like most Eurypterids, E. remipes had a sharp needle-like telson, probably used in combat. Size: H300 X W220mm.

Image Code FR253

Catalogue No.: FR253 Description: Fossil Sea Scorpion, Eurypterus sp. Size: H740 X W670mm.

Xiphosura (Horseshoe Crabs)

Image Code F626

Catalogue No.: F626 Description: Horseshoe Crab Fossil, Mesolimulus walchii. Jurassic Age. Solnhofen, Germany. Peter Pittmann Fossilien. Size: 285 x 296mm.

Image Code F2757

Catalogue No.: F2757 Description: Horse shoe crab, Limulus polyphemus. 3 pieces. Size: 600 x 320mm.

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