Crab - Fossil skeleton - 115 mm - 145 mm (No Reserve Price)

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Potamon sp. crab specimen from the Pleistocene (Quaternary) period, natural in travertine from the Denizli Basin, Southwest Turkey.

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Rare example.


SPECIES


Potamon sp.


AGE


Pleistocene (400.000+ years)


LOCATION


Denizli Basin, Southwest Turkey


FORMATION


Travertine Deposits


WEIGHT 1090 Gr.


SIZE

Crab 80 mm * 42 mm * 20 mm


Rock 145 mm x 115 mm x 35 mm


This is a spectacular fossil freshwater crab (Potamon sp) preserved in travertine from the Denizli Basin in Southwest Turkey. The crab itself is 8 cm wide and exhibits amazingly detailed, 3d preservation. It's totally coated and preserved as a three-dimensional outer cast within a natural cavity of a white travertine matrix. It is covered by an inorganic film of calcium carbonate.


Travertine is a type of limestone that forms around mineral springs. It is often quarried for use as a building material, and that is how these crabs were discovered, during the quarrying of the stone slabs. The travertine deposits in the Denizli Basin are Pleistocene in age, having been formed within the past 400,000 years.

Rare example.


SPECIES


Potamon sp.


AGE


Pleistocene (400.000+ years)


LOCATION


Denizli Basin, Southwest Turkey


FORMATION


Travertine Deposits


WEIGHT 1090 Gr.


SIZE

Crab 80 mm * 42 mm * 20 mm


Rock 145 mm x 115 mm x 35 mm


This is a spectacular fossil freshwater crab (Potamon sp) preserved in travertine from the Denizli Basin in Southwest Turkey. The crab itself is 8 cm wide and exhibits amazingly detailed, 3d preservation. It's totally coated and preserved as a three-dimensional outer cast within a natural cavity of a white travertine matrix. It is covered by an inorganic film of calcium carbonate.


Travertine is a type of limestone that forms around mineral springs. It is often quarried for use as a building material, and that is how these crabs were discovered, during the quarrying of the stone slabs. The travertine deposits in the Denizli Basin are Pleistocene in age, having been formed within the past 400,000 years.

Details

Specimen
Crab
Country of Origin
Turkey
Geological Period
Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)
Condition
Natural
Weight
1090 g
Height
115 mm
Width
145 mm
Depth
35 mm
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