#eurypterid

[i-draws-dinosaurs]

the first researchers who found this thing saw it and said "that looks like something that would have megalo grabbed us" and then looked up at each other and kissed

[knuppitalism-with-ue]

420 Million years before the reign of Mamdani, two Acutiramus wake up from their daylight slumber as thousands are Eurypterus begin to invade the shallow, warm waters of New York. This is the Fiddlers Green or Bertie Formation, a Silurian lagerstätte known for its eurypterids

The research history of this formation unfortunately causes much confusion here because what was once the Bertie Formation is now the Bertie Group which includes the Fiddlers Green Formation, but certain authors, especially on the Canadian side still call it the Bertie Formation

This caused a little bit of a headache during the research phase for this piece but I think we have it now figured out and the Wikipedia page also got already some updates. Beyond that Fiddlers Green is rather straight forward. These near shore waters were home to many critters

most prominently the eurypterids which most likely gathered here to molt, away from large open water predators, but other animals like weird oncoceratid cephalopods and even some interesting marco-algae can be found here as well.

The most common large eurypterid from is Acutiramus, which might have been a largely nocturnal predator of softer prey. Interestingly no vertebrates have been described so far! Size charts by Discord member Montana.

[biblicallyaccuratemoth]

I don't want to hear shit about the fact that I mixed animals from different periods for panel 1. Not one word.

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[paleoart]

A beautiful sight for compound eyes

(Eurypterids coming ashore under the recently-proposed rings of ancient Earth)

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[kiabugboy]

POV: you went diving at night and spotted Ordovician nautiloids feasting on a eurypterid carcass, after a while the commotion has attracted the giants, Endoceratids slowly creeping into view

[bobnichollsart]

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology…

Here's a cheat sheet for Megalograptus, commissioned in 2022 for a project I cannot talk about yet. The scientific consultant was Fiann Smithwick.

[paleotanks]

Eurypterid, Animal Armor traveling exhibit at the Putnam Museum, Davenport, IA

[krocodilian]

Eurypterid Mermaid