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Eurypterus remipes Dekay
Page 161
See plates 2–5, 7, 8

1 Ventral side of carapace. Shows the split between carapace and marginal shield of underside, through which the animal probably emerged in molting; also the median suture of the marginal shield, and the immature female genital appendage of the operculum. Natural size
2 A half doublure or marginal shield of carapace. × 2. Shows entire inner and outer margins and sculpturing
Horizon and locality. Bertie waterlime. Jerusalem hill, N. Y.
3 Carapace with attached first tergite. Natural size. Shows typical outline of mature carapace, beveled margin, open slit between carapace and first tergite; and posterior doublure of first segment
Horizon and locality. Bertie waterlime. Cranes Corners, N. Y.
4 Carapace with attached first tergite. × 2. Shows visual surface of right compound eye, ocelli, ornamentation of carapace and tergite, fulcra of posterior margin of carapace
5 Small carapace with first tergite. × 3. Preserved in partial relief. Shows the impression of the marginal shield of the underside with its median suture, the relatively great size of the lateral eyes [comp. fig. 3], and the transverse row of longer scales along the posterior margins of the first tergite
Horizon and locality. Bertie waterlime. Jerusalem hill, N. Y.
6 Carapace preserved approximately in original relief, in a porous dolomite. Shows the glabellalike median ridge of the posterior portion and the prominence of the ocellar mound. From a gutta-percha squeeze. × 3
Horizon and locality. Bertie waterlime. Morganville, Genesee co., N. Y.
7 Portion of right half of operculum with male appendage. × 3
Horizon and locality. Bertie waterlime. Cranes Corners, N. Y.
8 Ventral side of young individual, × 2½. Shows form and arrangement of young limbs and metastoma
Horizon and locality. Bertie waterlime. Jerusalem hill, N. Y.

All from photographs of which the originals are in the State Museum

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