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ARTHROPODS 1

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PULALIUS vulgaris

OLIGOCENE

LINCOLN CREEK FORMATION

SW WASHINGTON STATE

USA

DORSAL

CRABS 1

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Size: carapace - 35 mm at its widest point x 27mm. Nodule : 55mm x 40 mm. Price : SOLD

PULALIUS vulgaris

Oligocene

Lincoln Creek Formation

SW Washington State

USA

VENTRAL.

Nodule size : 75mm x 55mm Price : SOLD

CRABS 2

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LOBSTERS

DOUBLE LOBSTER NODULE

PALEONEPHROPS browni

CRETACEOUS

BEAR PAW FORMATION

NORTH EASTERN MONTANA

USA

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THIS UNUSUAL DOUBLE LOBSTER NODULE IS FROM THE BEAR PAW FORMATION OF MONTANA FROM WHICH THE FAMOUS IRIDESCENT AMMONITE placenticeras IS FOUND

THE NODULE CONTAINS A MALE AND A FEMALE SPECIMEN SIDE BY SIDE, THE MALE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE IS IDENTIFIED BY THE INCOMPLETE MUCH LARGER CLAW THE TIPS OF WHICH WERE EX - NODULE AND THERE FOR NOT PRESERVED. THE SMALLER FEMALE CLAW ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE NODULE IS SEEN JUST BELOW THE MALE CLAW

THE SITE WHERE THESE LOBSTERS WERE COLLECTED IS NOW CLOSED

SIZE: NODULE= 230mm LONG X 90mm WIDE. LOBSTERS=MALE= BODy=100mm LONG ( TAIL UNDER ) INCOMPLETE LARGE CLAW = 65 mm

FEMALE = BODy= 90mm LONG ( TAIL UNDER ) CLAW = 80 mm

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CRABS 3

TUMIDOCARCINUS giganteus

MIOCENE

GLENAFRIC BEACH

CANTERBURY

NEW ZEALAND

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A GOOD MEDIUM SIZED MIOCENE CRAB

TUMIDOCARCINUS giganteus

FROM THE MIOCENE OF NEW ZEALAND

AS IS COMMON IN MANY NODUILIZED CRAB AND LOBSTER FOSSILS , THE WALKING LEGS ARE EX NODULE AND

THEREFORE NOT PRESERVED

THIS HAS ALLOWED ME TO PREP THE CRAB IN BOTH IN DORSAL AND VENTRAL ASPECT

SIZE: CARAPACE AT THE WIDEST POINT = 80 mm. NODULE: = 130 mm x 90 mm SOLD

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TRILOBITES 1

BURMEISTERELLA sp.

LOWER DEVONIAN

OUED AKRECH

TEFLET

MOROCCO

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE LOWER DEVONIAN TRILOBITE

BURMEISTERELLA SP.

THE MAJORITY OF THESE TRILOBITES FROM MAROCCO ARE COMPOSITES.

THIS EXAMPLE WAS RECEIVED ALREADY PREPARED IN A SHIPMENT OF UNPREPARED MATERIAL FROM MOROCCO AND HAS BEEN FINISHED BY ME . IT IS OFFERED FOR SALE AS A POSSABLE COMPOSITE

A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF ITS TYPE, WITH SOME RESTORATION TO THE CEPHALIC BORDER AND AROUND THE EYES

SIZE: " NODULE " = 300mm x 200mm

TRILOBITE = 230mm x 130mm.

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TRILOBITES 2

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A READY MADE STARTER COLLECTION OF MOROCCAN DEVONIAN TRILOBITES BOXED AND DISPLAYED IN A EX BRITISH MUSEUM ENTOMOLOGY CASE WITH AN ADDITIONAL CASE TO CONTINUE COLLECTING

THE COLLECTION CONSISTS OF 16 DEVONIAN MOROCCAN TRILOBITES CONTAINED IN A PARTIONED GREEN FELT LINED NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM ENTOMOLOGY CASE. ALL HAVE BEEN PREPARED BY ME FROM THE COLLECTED RAW MATRIX.

3 OR 4 ARE GRADED ' A ' = NEAR PERFECT. THE REMAINDER ARE GRADED ' B ' = BASICLY COMPLETE BUT MISSING PERHAPS SPINES, LIBRIGENE ( FREE CHEEKS ), SOME EXOSKELETON OR SOME DISARTICULATION

ALTHOUGH NOT ALL FROM THE SAME SPECIMEN

SEVERAL OF THE MORE COMMON SPECIES HAVE MORE THAN ONE EXAMPLE INCLUDED IN THE COLLECTION

IDENTIFACATION LABELS ARE INCLUDED WITH THE SPECIMENS BUT MUST BE CONSIDERED A GUIDE ONLY

A SECOND EMPTY PARITIONED CASE IS INCLUDED TO ADD MORE TRILOBITES TO THE COLLECTION

IN THE ABOVE IMAGES THE TRANSPARENT LIDS TO THE CASES HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR CLARITY