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.

CONDITION

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LOT 2263