Complete spiny crab, 5 million years old — all 8 legs preserved — swimming legs — 3D preparation. - Fossil carapace - Charybdis
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Charybdis, a natural specimen of a complete spiny crab dating to the Lower Pliocene (about 5 million years ago), prepared in 3D.
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Museum specimen of spiny fossil crab Charybdis from the Lower Pliocene of Bodjong formation, Java, Indonesia.
The specimen preserves all 8 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.
In this specimen, all the legs are present, and many are complete up to the nails.
'Post Mortem,' the legs contract under the claws; this is the natural way all the fossil crabs are found.
The matrix has been optimized to display as much of the specimen as possible.
The crab is 11.3 cm large from leg to leg.
Carapace is 6 cm wide.
Matrix is 14 x 7 cm.
Both claws are stunning, preserving all the spines on merus and podos.
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 parts of the specimen are original, not a composite, not glued matrix, not pieces from other specimens.
100% original fossil.
Note, on the finger of the right claw, the left claw is partially glued as it broke during extraction.
Metal base included.
Rare museum specimen
Seller's Story
Don & Donna Fossils finally moved to Spain.
We are a Don & Donna Fossils, a couple united by the love of exploration, field research, professional preparation and museum display of fossils from all over the world.
This formula, combined with a desire to improve, makes us a winning team dedicated to our Fossil World.
Larisa is been passionate about fossils since was a child. Her strengths are perfectionism, perseverance and creativity, hence her ability to work and prepare these fossils as authentic, unique and aesthetic as possible. The pieces with which she is famous and which she boast the most are spiny ammonites.
I, Don, started fossil hunting in 1987, going from a passionate collector to a professional preparator and researcher. In all these years I have traveled searching for fossils in many parts of the world.
Our fossils are present in private collections in the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, as well as in prestigious museums in the Uk, China and Japan.
Quality in the preparation of the material and seriousness in managing the shipment in the best possible way distinguish us.
Don & Donna
Museum specimen of spiny fossil crab Charybdis from the Lower Pliocene of Bodjong formation, Java, Indonesia.
The specimen preserves all 8 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.
In this specimen, all the legs are present, and many are complete up to the nails.
'Post Mortem,' the legs contract under the claws; this is the natural way all the fossil crabs are found.
The matrix has been optimized to display as much of the specimen as possible.
The crab is 11.3 cm large from leg to leg.
Carapace is 6 cm wide.
Matrix is 14 x 7 cm.
Both claws are stunning, preserving all the spines on merus and podos.
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 parts of the specimen are original, not a composite, not glued matrix, not pieces from other specimens.
100% original fossil.
Note, on the finger of the right claw, the left claw is partially glued as it broke during extraction.
Metal base included.
Rare museum specimen
Seller's Story
Don & Donna Fossils finally moved to Spain.
We are a Don & Donna Fossils, a couple united by the love of exploration, field research, professional preparation and museum display of fossils from all over the world.
This formula, combined with a desire to improve, makes us a winning team dedicated to our Fossil World.
Larisa is been passionate about fossils since was a child. Her strengths are perfectionism, perseverance and creativity, hence her ability to work and prepare these fossils as authentic, unique and aesthetic as possible. The pieces with which she is famous and which she boast the most are spiny ammonites.
I, Don, started fossil hunting in 1987, going from a passionate collector to a professional preparator and researcher. In all these years I have traveled searching for fossils in many parts of the world.
Our fossils are present in private collections in the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, as well as in prestigious museums in the Uk, China and Japan.
Quality in the preparation of the material and seriousness in managing the shipment in the best possible way distinguish us.
Don & Donna
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Specimen
Complete spiny crab, 5 million years old — all 8 legs preserved — swimming legs — 3D preparation.
Scientific name
Charybdis
Geological Period
Lower Pliocene
Condition
Natural
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