Fossil Claw Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Balteurypterus tetragonophtalmus + Ortoceras. Newest addition to my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Well done! The Baltic-Ukrainian species is: Eurypterus (=Baltoeurypterus) tetragonophthalmus Baltoeurypterus is now considered a junior synonym. Fischer de Waldheim, G. 1839 Notice un Crustacé fossile du genre Eurypterus de Podolie. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 11:125-128 LINK Selden, P.A. 1981 Functional morphology of the prosoma of Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus (Fischer)(Chelicerata: Eurypterida). Earth and Environmental Science, Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 72(1):9-48 PDF LINK Braddy, S.J., & Dunlop, J.A. 1997 The functional morphology of mating in the Silurian eurypterid, Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus (Fischer, 1839). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121(4):435-461 PDF LINK Quote: "Three Silurian representatives of the extinct Eurypterida were scored: Parastylonurus ornatus based on Waterston (1979), Mixopterus kiaeri based on Størmer (1934) and Eurypterus (formerly Baltoeurypterus) tetragonophthalmus based on Selden (1981)." Garwood, R.J., & Dunlop, J. 2014 Three-dimensional reconstruction and the phylogeny of extinct chelicerate orders. PeerJ, 2:e641 33 pp. PDF LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 10 minutes ago, piranha said: Well done! The Baltic-Ukrainian species is: Eurypterus (=Baltoeurypterus) tetragonophthalmus Baltoeurypterus is now considered a junior synonym. Fischer de Waldheim, G. 1839 Notice un Crustacé fossile du genre Eurypterus de Podolie. Bulletin de la Société impériale des naturalistes de Moscou, 11:125-128 LINK Selden, P.A. 1981 Functional morphology of the prosoma of Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus (Fischer)(Chelicerata: Eurypterida). Earth and Environmental Science, Transactions of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 72(1):9-48 PDF LINK Braddy, S.J., & Dunlop, J.A. 1997 The functional morphology of mating in the Silurian eurypterid, Baltoeurypterus tetragonophthalmus (Fischer, 1839). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 121(4):435-461 PDF LINK Quote: "Three Silurian representatives of the extinct Eurypterida were scored: Parastylonurus ornatus based on Waterston (1979), Mixopterus kiaeri based on Størmer (1934) and Eurypterus (formerly Baltoeurypterus) tetragonophthalmus based on Selden (1981)." Garwood, R.J., & Dunlop, J. 2014 Three-dimensional reconstruction and the phylogeny of extinct chelicerate orders. PeerJ, 2:e641 33 pp. PDF LINK Got lucky and picked it up cheap too. All around happy happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Very nice piece, a great acquisition. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Hey @Fossil Claw,,, very hard to tell from the photo, but is it possible that the rest of that critter is under the rock? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted May 26, 2018 Author Share Posted May 26, 2018 2 hours ago, RJB said: Hey @Fossil Claw,,, very hard to tell from the photo, but is it possible that the rest of that critter is under the rock? RB I had the same thought. I guess I'll figure that out once it arrives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 18 minutes ago, Fossil Claw said: I had the same thought. I guess I'll figure that out once it arrives. Good luck on that! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 5 hours ago, Fossil Claw said: had the same thought. I guess I'll figure that out once it arrives I wish you the very best of luck with that. If so. you will have a really nice fossil! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossil Claw Posted May 27, 2018 Author Share Posted May 27, 2018 My other recent purchase. I just couldn't help myself. Kaiyodo UHA Dinosaur ancient creature collection Vol.1 Full Set of 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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