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Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna

Arthropods 


Horseshoe Crabs

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Euproops danae - Meek and Worthen, 1865

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Above and left: Euproops danae, Mazon River, Morris, IL - R. Rock collection
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        Euproops danae, illustration by Andrew Young
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                                                          Field Museum collection
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                               Euproops danae, showing full telson (tail) - D.Dolak collection (positive and negative halves) 
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                                                Two Euproops danae specimens, Chicago Academy of Sciences collection
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                                                                    Pit 2, Wilmington, IL - M.Angkuw collection

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                            Above and below: four specimens of Euproops danae, opened by natural freezing / thawing and
                                                       tumbled in the Mazon River, Morris, IL - P.Anderson collection
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                                    Euproops danae, prosoma (head shield), Pit 2, Wilmington, Illinois - A.Young collection
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       Pit 2, Wilmington, IL, prosoma (head shield) -                                        A.Young collection
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                                                                           J.Wittry collection.
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                                                   Euproops danae, MPM P28714
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                    Pit 2, Wilmington, IL - A.Young collection
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                            Euproops danae, Pit 11, Braidwood, Illinois
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Euproops danae, illustration by Andrew Young
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                                                                       Pit 2, Wilmington, IL - A.Young collection
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                                                                   Pit 2, Wilmington, Illinois - A.Young collection
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                                                                   Mazon River, Morris, IL - R.Holm collection
​            This concretion was naturally opened by seasonal freezing and thawing, then tumbled slightly by the river current.
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     Euproops danae, unprepped state (left) and fully prepared result (right), Mazon River, Morris, IL - Connor Puritz collection
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     Milwaukee Public Museum P25942.1
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     Wilmington, IL - R.Holm collection
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     Mazon River, Morris, IL - P.Anderson 

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                         Above and below: Euproops danae, two very small examples, Pit 2, Wilmington, IL - A.Young collection
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Paleolimulus signatus - Beecher, 1904

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              Paleolimulus signatus, Pit 11, Braidwood, Illinois, Figure 39.4 The Mazon Creek Fossil Fauna 2012 - A.Young collection.
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                                                         Paleolimulus signatus, Field Museum collection (T.Testa)
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                                                                               J.Wittry collection
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               Pit 11, Braidwood, IL - A.Young collection
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                                                  Paleolimulus signatus, Milwaukee Public Museum collection P359244
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                                        Paleolimulus signatus, MPM P25924.1 and P25924.2 (positive and negative halves).

Liomesaspis laevis - Raymond, 1944

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                                                  Liomesaspis laevis, Mazon River, Morris, Illinois - M.Angkuw collection

Pringlia bispinosa - Raymond 1944

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     Above and below: Pringlia bispinosa, or possibly a larval form of another species, Mazon River, Morris, IL - A.Young collection
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  • News
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    • egg tempera on panel
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    • exhibition views
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  • Bio
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    • artist statements
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    • lauer foundation
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