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Museum specimen of spiny Fossil Crab Charybdis from the Lower Pliocene of Bodjong formation, Java, Indonesia.

A Rare Complete 3D prepared specimen with 7 partial of 8 the legs, spiny claws and carapace, natural on its matrix, not glued.

Specimens that present all the legs are very uncommon for many reasons:
Once the specimen dies, it disarticulates.
The second reason is that local collectors, when extracting them from the matrix, ruin them regardless of the presence of the legs.

Mouth details are very well conserved

The matrix has been worked to show as more as possible of the specimen, as you can see by the picture showing how it was collected.

Crab is 12 cm large from leg to leg.
Carapace is 6,7 cm wide.
Matrix is 15,6 x 10 cm .

Both Claws are stunning, preserving all the spines on merus and prodopus. 

A painstaking work of many days was necessary to expose this specimen and preserve all those tiny details on the claws and on legs.

All the parts of the specimen are original, not a composition, with no restorations, not glued matrix, not pieces from other specimens.

100% original fossil.
The upper finger of the left claw is been glued during preparation.

Rare museum specimen. 


Lower Pliocene - Indonesia

Rare Complete Spiny Crab, 5 million years old- - 3D Preparation - Charybdis

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Dimensions

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Width

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Object

Fossil tooth

Fossilised animal

Amber

Fossil skeleton

Fossil plate matrix

Raw mineral

Fossil teeth

Fossilised plant

Fossil fragment

Fossilised shell

Fossil molar

Fossil bone

Carved mineral

Fossil matrix

Fossil mortality plate

Fossil cabochon

Fossil carapace

Metaphysical stones

Fossil skull

Fossilised wood

Ring

Necklace with pendant

Earrings

Fossil vertebra bone

Fossilised claw

Country of origin

Morocco

Madagascar

North America

Indonesia

Lebanon

China

Brazil

Netherlands

Russia

Asia

Myanmar

Baltic states

Canada

Czech Republic

Algeria

Argentina

India

Material

Silver

Gold-plated

Gender

Women

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Condition

Natural

Restored

Enhanced

As new - unused

Manipulated

Reassembled

Composed

Good condition

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

Period

Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Devonian, Lower (419.2 - 393.3 million years)

Ordovician, Middle (470 - 458.4 million years)

Ordovician, Lower (485.4 - 470 million years)

Cambrian (541 - 485.4 million years)

Neogene, Pliocene (5.33 - 2.58 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Mesozoic (251.9 - 66 million years)

Cenozoic (66 - 0 million years)

Cambrian, Series 2 (521 - 509 million years)

Stone

Coral

Pearl

Natural Pearl

Carnelian

Rhodolite

Freshwater cultured pearl

Amethyst

Certification

No laboratory report

Style

Vintage

Ancient Egypt, Late Period

Modern

Baroque

Faceted cut

Cabochon cut

Round

Oval

Exact colour

White

Mineral

Labradorite

Mineral form

Geode

Size on item

Adjustable

55 (EU) / 15 (IT) / 7 ¼ (US)

57 (EU) / 17 (IT) / 8 (US)

60 (EU) / 20 (IT) / 9 (US)

Pearl surface quality

Moderately spotted

Lightly spotted

Pearl luster

Fair

Good

After 2000

1900-2000

Before 1400

Treatment

Polished

Conserved

Specimen

Megalodon

Trilobite

Ammonite

Mosasaur

Dinosaur

Fish

Woolly Mammoth

Spinosaur

Marine reptile

Shark

Fossil

Woolly Rhinoceros

Fossil wood

Burmese amber

Starfish

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