The body preservation on this Eurypterid, an ancient, extinct arthropod, is well defined with minor elements of walking, feeding or swimming appendages present. To tell a family secret; there is fossilized evidence of the genital ridge, which is nice. The Eurypterid is the State Fossil of New York. After its 1818 discovery in Oneida county N.Y., and a 7 year hiatus misidentified as a fish, it was first accurately described as an arthropod in 1825. This exposed frontal section contains well preserved representations of the different appendages, walking legs, feeding legs and swim paddles, delicate features that are often lost to time. The matrix plate is well trimmed providing an appropriate canvas for this classic American fossil. From the legendary Lang's Quarry, Fiddler Green Formation, Phelps Member, Herkimer County, New York. 3.75" x 3.5" x .5", 7.8 oz.
