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The Eurypterida of New York/Volume 2/Explanations of plates/Plate 16

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PLATE 16

Eurypterus pittsfordensis Sarle
Page 196
See plates 13–15, 17, 18

1 Coxa of left third walking leg. Natural size
2 Coxa of left swimming leg. Natural size
3 Metastoma showing notch and minute dentation of anterior end. Natural size
4 Coxa of right balancing leg (fourth endognathite). Natural size
5 Fragmentary ventral side of abdomen, showing five segments, including coxa, of swimming leg; the five sternites and four postabdominal segments with their fringed posterior emargination. Impressions of Leperditiae cover the surface. Natural size
6 Fragmentary abdomen. Shows character of tergites, notably their relative shortness and the four triangular scales on each preabdominal and on the first two postabdominal ring segments, while the succeeding two show their ventral characters. The swimming leg is also partially shown. Natural size

Originals (Sarle's cotypes) are from the Pittsford shale, Pittsford, Monroe co., N. Y., and in the State Museum

Memoir 14. N.Y.State Museum. Plate 16.
G.S.Barkentin del. J.B.Lyon Co. State Printer.