Invertebrate
Eurypterus
Eurypterus remipes was an aquatic arthropod with a segmented body, grasping limbs and a broad pair of swimming paddles.
Eurypterus remipes was an aquatic arthropod with a segmented body, grasping limbs and a broad pair of swimming paddles. The name sea scorpion does not make it a modern scorpion living underwater.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Eurypterus at a glance
- Diet
- Diet uncertain
- When it lived
- Silurian
- Group
- Eurypterida
- Sea scorpions
Beyond the game
The real Eurypterus
Eurypterus remipes was an aquatic arthropod with a segmented body, grasping limbs and a broad pair of swimming paddles. The name sea scorpion does not make it a modern scorpion living underwater.
Its appendages performed different jobs, from handling food to swimming. A broad paddle-like pair gave this segmented aquatic arthropod a distinctive means of movement.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- Tetlie and Rábano 2007 — Specimens of Eurypterus in the collections of Museo Geominero, Madrid
- New York State Museum — Eurypterid specimen
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