Image of the Day: Prehistoric Predator

An ancient, art-inspiring species of “sea scorpion” (Pentecopterus decorahensis) was recently unearthed in Iowa in more than 150 detailed fossil fragments, including this preserved appendage (scale bar = 1mm).

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Sep 2, 2015 | 1 min read

YALE UNIVERSITY; PATRICK LYNCH, JAMES LAMSDELL

(See “The oldest described eurypterid: a giant Middle Ordovician (Darriwilian) megalograptid from the Winneshiek Lagerstätte of Iowa,” BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2015.)

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