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Strange Looking New Species Of Eurypterid Found In Iowa


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Wow I would of loved to see that excavation site let alone a 6 ft eurypterid...dead of course! I drive through that area of IOWA...all the time. I will definitely see if a peek is possible. Thanks for sharing this Tim!

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Paul

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Wow I would of loved to see that excavation site let alone a 6 ft eurypterid...dead of course! I drive through that area of IOWA...all the time. I will definitely see if a peek is possible. Thanks for sharing this Tim!

Best regards,

Paul

P.S.

Your birthday is April 21st?? Me too!!! Schaweet!

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Here's the paper:

 

 

Lamsdell, J.C., Briggs, D.E.G., Liu, H.P., Witzke, B.J., & McKay, R.M. (2015)

The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa.

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15:(169):1-31

 

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Thanks for adding that, Scott! :)

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The Winneshiek Shale, in which the eurypterid fossils are found, is argued to fill an impact crater.

McKay R., Liu H., Witzke B. J., French B. M. and Briggs

D. E. G. 2011. Preservation of the Middle Ordovician

Winneshiek Shale in a probable impact crater. Geological

Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 43, No. 5, p. 189

https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2011AM/finalprogram/abstract_193354.htm

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Paul H.

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My day off yesterday was spent in the Decorah area, in a stream looking for fossils. It was too hot for us northerners to not be in the water. Got up to 60 degrees............I mean 90. I had done a little research on the eurypterid found. Everyone says Winneshiek Shale but the most intense info I discovered said St peter Sandstone. Are they the same? And no, I was not trying to find their "spot". I was not in the meteor strike zone. Just like to understand the geology of the area.

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Where can I see photos of this eurypterid's fossil? I like the idea of Ordovician sea scorpions.

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