#Ordovician and #Silurian friends in the #NaturkundeMuseumStuttgart . Lovely cephalopods and a very blue #eurypterid reconstruction. The #orthocones should be swimming vertically, but then again there wasn't enough space in the display for that.

An unfortunate biological scheduling conflict occurs on the coast of a #Silurian lagoon when #Pseudoniscus #horseshoecrabs and #Eurypterus sea scorpions come to the same beach to mate and spawn. Although they are relatives who share both this behaviour and eyes which lack acuity, but have perfect night vision, the sea scorpions have no qualms about using this accidental meeting to snack on their smaller cousins.

#eurypterid #paleoart #MyArt #watercolour #Cooksonia

Not a happy girl till I’ve seen an #Eurypterid

However one day I must see this species. Only a claw has been found which is a similar size to the specimen at the #RoyalBelgianInstituteOfNaturalSciences

#MuseumNerdsAbroad @JackDAshby - you need this outfit