Done any home improvement projects lately? Us, too! This Monday we installed two new nautical creatures in the new Hall of Paleontology, and we documented one of the installs for you fine people.
THIS GUY:
Know what he is? He’s a ginormous Eurypterid, otherwise known as a sea scorpion. We don’t know about y’all, but we’re pretty glad these thingers are extinct. I mean, he’s a whopper (and he looks angry):
Associate Curator of Paleontology David Temple was on-hand for the install. Here he is giving Eury a pep-talk. We imagine he’s saying something like “No, your chelicerae don’t look big in this sling.”
You’ve got to have velvet hands to be a handy-man at HMNS. Eury, meanwhile, is #overit.
Up, up and away!
Buckle up, Eury. You’re about to go for a ride.
“Do you even know what you’re doing?”
And finally, we’re finished!
Come meet Eury for yourself at the new Hall of Paleontology. We’re open late today (Tuesday) — ’til 8 p.m.!
Must. Find. And. Photograph. Sea Scorpion. (Maybe this weekend!)
~EdT.
So, what was the other critter (the squid-like thing with the pointed shell)? Trying to tag my photos.
~EdT.
We are calling it a crinoid! There is some more info here: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/crinoidea.html