#NewSpecies of Giant #SeaScorpion Unearthed in New Mexico https://www.sci.news/paleontology/hibbertopterus-lamsdelli-11608.html

A new species of the #eurypterid Hibbertopterus from the #Carboniferous of #NewMexico, and a review of the #Hibbertopteridae https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08912963.2022.2032690

The ancient creature was up to 1.1 m long and probably lived in a marine-influenced #estuary fed by a river delta. Its diet likely included small #crustaceans, #ostracodes, #conchostracans, #invertebrate #larvae and #gastropod eggs.