Eurypterids
Date: 444-416 Million Years Ago
Age: Silurian
Likely Prey: Jawless fishes, soft-bodied arthropods
Imagine a scorpion bigger than you. Eurypterids, distant relatives of today’s scorpion, were giants of the Silurian Period. As prey developed hard parts, predators needed tougher weapons. Eurypterids wielded pincers and spikes to grasp and stab victims.
