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LOT 2263
Natural History - Daira Fossil Crab
MIOCENE PERIOD, MESSINIAN, CIRCA 6.5-5 MILLION YEARS B.P.
2 3/4 in. (114 grams, 70 mm).
Beautifully preserved Daira speciosa crab on a matrix showing the distinctive surface granulation of the shell; partial shell of another specimen visible on the lower part of the matrix. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Spain.
From a Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Footnotes
The genus is easily recognised by the extreme pustulose nature of the carapace and claws.
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