Size comparison of all species of <i>Carcinosoma</i>, a eurypterid. <i>C. punctatum</i> is especially massive, rivalling the <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pterygotidae_Size_2.svg" title="File:Pterygotidae Size 2.svg">pterygotids</a> in size. Size estimates taken from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/6/2/265">Lamsdell and Braddy (2009)</a>.
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<ul><li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Eurypterida_of_New_York_plate_38.jpg" class="image"><img alt="The Eurypterida of New York plate 38.jpg" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/The_Eurypterida_of_New_York_plate_38.jpg/50px-The_Eurypterida_of_New_York_plate_38.jpg" decoding="async" width="50" height="87" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/The_Eurypterida_of_New_York_plate_38.jpg/75px-The_Eurypterida_of_New_York_plate_38.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/44/The_Eurypterida_of_New_York_plate_38.jpg/100px-The_Eurypterida_of_New_York_plate_38.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1009" data-file-height="1750"></a> Public domain, used to create the silhouettes.</li>
<li><a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carcinosoma_newlini_telson.png" class="image"><img alt="Carcinosoma newlini telson.png" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Carcinosoma_newlini_telson.png/50px-Carcinosoma_newlini_telson.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="62" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Carcinosoma_newlini_telson.png/75px-Carcinosoma_newlini_telson.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Carcinosoma_newlini_telson.png/100px-Carcinosoma_newlini_telson.png 2x" data-file-width="920" data-file-height="1144"></a> by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Ichthyovenator&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Ichthyovenator (page does not exist)">User:Ichthyovenator</a>, used to create the telson (which was restored incorrectly in the previous image).</li></ul>
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