Crab - Fossil carapace - Avitelmessus grapsoideus

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Avitelmessus grapsoideus crab fossil from the Upper Cretaceous, with minimal restoration under 5% on the carapace and right claw, from the Ripley Formation in Mississippi, nodule size 14×10×6 cm, authenticity original/official.

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Here is a rare Avitelmessus grapsoideus coming from Ripley formation of Mississippi prepared on dorsal side. This specie is one of the earliest ancestors of the modern crab.
Those kind of fossils are very hard to get (site is no more accessible) and also very difficult to prepare. The details of the shell are well defined, tubercles are really nice preserved.
Size of the nodule is 14x10x6 cm.
The fossil have minimal restoration (less than 5%) on carapace and right claw.