📸 An example Eurypterid plate fossil
Sea scorpions
These long-extinct arthropods are known as Eurypterids, though they are better recognized by their nickname: the Sea Scorpions.
While not literally scorpions, looking at their body shape it is easy to see the similarities. These ocean predators had long bodies and crawling limbs, and many species had forward-facing appendages with long spines or even claws. These grippers were used to capture prey and made quite a fearsome profile.
📸 Polished ammonites
Ammonites
Ammonites are an extinct group of cephalopods that entered the fossil record 400 million years ago. They survived several mass extinction events, including the Permian–Triassic "Great Dying" which wiped out 96% of all marine species.
They finally succumbed during the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event 66 million years ago, which also wiped out the dinosaurs.
📸 mass mortality snail specimens
Fossil snail clusters
These specimens are fossil snail clusters found in the Green River Formation, a formation built up by two freshwater lakes during the Eocene epoch.
These pieces are preserved mass mortality events, a quick die-off of a colony of snails preserved forever. They date to around 48 million years ago.
📸 Ammonite and abalone pendant
Ocean jewelry
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