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Re: paleonet Taxonomy help for Field Museum exhibit




Trilobites
Bumastus harrisi
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

Bumastus (Cybantyx) harrisi

this is from Mikulic, not sure of exact reference.  contact Don Mikulic at ISGS to make sure.

Calymene celebra
Silurian, Chicago area, Illinois

Sthenarocalymene celebra
 D. G. Mikulic. 1999. Silurian trilobite associations in North America. in A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson, eds. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 793-798


Eurypterid
Eurypterus remipes
Silurian, Buffalo, New York

Correct!


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