Carcinosoma

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Carcinosoma
Fossil range: Silurian
Carcinosoma scorpionis
Carcinosoma scorpionis
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Eurypterida
Superfamily: Hughmillerioidea
Family: Carcinosomatidae
Genus: Carcinosoma

Carcinosoma is a genus of an extinct arthropod. Up to 30 cm long, these eurypterids were found in New York and in other states of the United States. It is from the Late Silurian.

[edit] Species

  • C. newlini
  • C. vaningeni
  • C. scorpionis
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