The sea scorpion.Eurypterus remipes.
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In 1984, the Eurpterus Remipes was designated the New York State Fossil. The Eurypterus Remipes is a prehistoric extinct relative of the sea scorpion and king crab.
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It is a genus trilobite that has been found as a fossil on New York soil. It went extinct about 232 million years ago.
The trilobite is the index fossil
The most recent fossil found in New York was the Eurypterus remipes, the sea scorpion, which lived during the Silurian Period.
Coelophysis
The Sea Scorpion (Eurypterus remipes).
in the tug hill plateau
Coelophysis would mostly be found in the New York lowlands.
Eurypterids lived in shallow seas near present day Syracuse