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The Eurypterida of New York/Volume 2/Explanations of plates/Plate 37

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PLATE 37

Eusarcus newlini Claypole
Page 245
See plates 36, 38–39

1 A small specimen showing the four pairs of walking legs, the first of which is the shortest, and the swimming legs; the carapace and the ventral side of the abdomen with distinct attachment areas of the gill plates on the sternites. The eyes are not recognizable. Two pairs of gnathobases indicate the position of the mouth. The abrupt contraction of the preabdomen to the postabdomen and the form of the postabdominal segments are seen. The posterior doublures of these segments appear as dark bands
Horizon and locality. Kokomo waterlime. Kokomo, Ind.

The original is in the museum of Chicago University (no. 12900)

Memoir 14. N. Y. State Museum. Plate 37.
G S Barkentin del J B Lyon Co State Printer