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noun - large extinct scorpion-like arthropod considered related to horseshoe crabs
EURYPTERIDS - Eurypterids, often informally called sea scorpions, are an extinct group of arthropods related to horseshoe crabs that include the largest known arth...
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Plural form of eurypterid. |
A giant fossil marine arthropod of a group occurring in the Palaeozoic era. They are related to horseshoe crabs, and resemble large scorpions with a terminal pair of paddle-shaped swimming appendages. |
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Eurypterids, often informally called sea scorpions, are an extinct group of arthropods related to horseshoe crabs that include the largest known arthropods to have ever lived. They are members of the extinct order Eurypterida (Chelicerata); which is the most diverse Paleozoic chelicerate order in terms of species. The name Eurypterida comes from the Greek words eury- (meaning "broad" or "wide") and pteron (meaning "wing"). This name was chosen due to the pair of wide swimming appendages, reminiscent of wings, on the first fossil eurypterids discovered. The largest, such as Jaekelopterus, reached 2.5 metres (8 ft 2 in) in length, but most species were less than 20 centimetres (8 in). They were formidable predators that thrived in warm shallow water, in both seas and lakes, from the mid Ordovician to late Permian (467.3 to 252 million years ago). * Although called "sea scorpions", only the earliest ones were marine (later ones lived in brackish or freshwater), and they were not true scorpi |