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Title: Animalia & Invertebrata & Arthropoda & Chelicerata & Eurypterida, Sea Scorpion (or Eurypterid), , Animalia Invertebrata Arthropoda Chelicerata Eurypterida [Go to resource]
Description: Sea scorpions like this were fairly common in the shallow estuaries (the tidal area of rivers) that covered southern Scotland in the late Silurian period. Growing to a length of over 2 metres, they must have been fearsome predators. They were first discovered in the 19th century by Scottish quarrymen who called them 'Seraphim' in the belief that they represented fossilised angels! Source: Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums Identifier: emu.ecatalogue.palaeobiology.73412 Go to resource More Like this...
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