piranha Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) Eurypterida myth-busters: article Edited December 29, 2010 by piranha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 Good article scott... the pterygotid claw is much like present day cray fish and lobsters used to scavange food from the bottom.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted December 30, 2010 Author Share Posted December 30, 2010 Good article scott... the pterygotid claw is much like present day cray fish and lobsters used to scavange food from the bottom.... Not nearly as exciting or terrifying as the fancy animated CGI depictions would suggest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) Jeje, humans like to imagine everything like a big threat with a big destruction capability. Very cool article. Edited January 11, 2011 by Carlos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattdevereux Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Good article. Not great, though. The suggestion that pterygotids were vegetarians is a flippant and completely unsupported one. I'll accept the scavenger role, though. In nature, a free meal is never passed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 20, 2011 Author Share Posted January 20, 2011 Good article. Not great, though. The suggestion that pterygotids were vegetarians is a flippant and completely unsupported one. I'll accept the scavenger role, though. In nature, a free meal is never passed up. Not completely unsupported at least within their own ranks of claw force specialists. Sounds convincing especially when Newton Forces are brought to bear. Perhaps an answer or refutation is in preparation as we speak. Like you, I rather prefer to enjoy the clade as the true Paleozoic Predators of the sea, certainly not scavenging omnivores dining on veggies as a last resort food source. What can be said about modern Crustacea and their mode of life? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarryrat Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Eurypterida myth-busters: article Not completely unsupported at least within their own ranks of claw force specialists. Sounds convincing especially when Newton Forces are brought to bear. Perhaps an answer or refutation is in preparation as we speak. Like you, I rather prefer to enjoy the clade as the true Paleozoic Predators of the sea, certainly not scavenging omnivores dining on veggies as a last resort food source. What can be said about modern Crustacea and their mode of life? I've found some pretty nasty looking Devonian jaw bits from arthrodires in Hagersville...give any eurypterid a nasty bite considering the heavily armoured fish will (presumably) make quick work of a eurypterid with a shell only as thick as a cuticle. Seems like a mis-match if it ever came ti it ( as unlikely as it was). Perhaps we can say eurypterids were the terrors of the marginal marine evironments? I'd put a 2 metre arthrodire as the "terror" of the normal marine environment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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