The Eurypterida of New York/Volume 2/Explanations of plates/Plate 87

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PLATE 87

Pterygotus sp.

1–4 Apparently distal portion of the female opercular appendage of a Pterygotus. Natural size
5 Small, well preserved telson. Natural size
6 Ultimate postabdominal segment. Natural size
7 Telson with distinct coarse marginal serrations. Natural size
8 Fragment of appendage, apparently telson of an Erettopterus, with distinct marginal serrations and a peculiar ornamentation. Natural size
9 Fragment of segment with ornamentation suggestive of Pterygotus. Natural size
Horizon and locality. Lower Siluric: Schenectady shale. The originals of figures 1–4 are from the Crumby quarry, Aqueduct, that of figure 5 is from Duanesburg, those of figures 6–8 from the Dettbarn quarry, Schenectady and that of figure 9 from Rotterdam Junction.

All originals are in the State Museum

Memoir 14. N.Y.State Museum. Plate 87.
G.S.Barkentin del. J.B.Lyon Co. State Printer.