Dec 5, 2022
Dinoserious Silurian poster
The third in the amazing series of stylized Paleozoic posters by Dinoserious. It showcases the weird arthropods and fish that inhabited the Ordovician seas.
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Art by dinoserious
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Dinoserious Silurian poster
The third in the amazing series of stylized Paleozoic posters by Dinoserious. It showcases the weird arthropods and fish that inhabited the Ordovician seas.
sulc.us/postersilu
Art by dinoserious
Drew a Mixopterus!
Mixopterus, 2016.
Mixopterus, 2016.
Tinta china sobre papel FABRIANO de 90 g.
Ink in FABRIANO 90 g.
25 x 9.5 cm
Wishing I was as majestic as this 3 foot long sea scorpion ♏💜 #mixopterus #eurypterid #californiaacademyofsciences (at California Academy Of Sciences, San Francisco)
Genus: Mixopterus
...a genus of Mixopteroid eurypterids (sea scorpions) that lived during the late Silurian period. Mixopterus was characterized by its robust exoskeleton and claws which held short spines, which likely helped it hold onto 'slippery' prey. Like the unrelated Megalograptus Mixopterus's telson was curved into a spine which gave it a superficial appearance to a scorpion.
Phylogeny
Animalia-Arthropoda-Merostomata-Eurypterida-Mixopteroidea-Mixopteridae-Mixopterus
Images: Nobu Tamura and Ghedoghedo
The mixed wings, Mixopterus (1921)
Phylum : Arthropoda Class : Merostomata Order : Eurypterida Superfamily : Mixopteroidea Family : Mixopteridae Genus : Mixopterus Species : M. kiaeri, M. multispinosus, M. simonsoni
Late Silurian (400 Ma)
75 cm long (size)
Norway and North America (map)
Mixopterus were characterised by a robust exoskeletons with scattered tubercles or semicircular scales. The prosoma (head) was subquadrate, protruding antemedially. The chelicerae (claws in front of the mouth) were small. The first two pairs of walking legs were strongly developed, with long paired spines. The third and fourth walking legs were moderately sized, with short spines. The preabdomen, the front portion of the body, was narrow with axial furrows, while the postabdomen was narrow. The telson was a curved spine
PALEO PALS 1 - MIXOPTERUS
not part of the everyday thing but i think i'll post these whenever i do em.