Oct 15, 2021
An article published in the journal 'Science Bulletin' reports the identification of Terropterus xiushanensis.
An article published in the journal "Science Bulletin" reports the identification of Terropterus xiushanensis, a species belonging to the order of the eurypterids (Eurypterida), the so-called sea scorpions, which lived about 435 million years ago, during the Silurian period, in today's China. A team of researchers examined several fossils discovered in the Xiushan Formation and concluded that it belongs to a genus from the ones known and attributed it to the Mixopteridae family. It's the first sea scorpion attributed to that family discovered in China.