Crab - Fossil skeleton - 110 mm - 135 mm (No reserve price)

04
days
20
hours
39
minutes
58
seconds
Current bid
€ 3
No reserve price
Manuel Quiring
Expert
Estimate  € 280 - € 330
3 other people are watching this object
itBidder 9469 €3

Catawiki Buyer Protection

Your payment’s safe with us until you receive your object.View details

Trustpilot 4.4 | 122813 reviews

Rated Excellent on Trustpilot.

Scientific name Potamon sp.; Specimen: Crab; Geological Period: Pleistocene (Quaternary); Treatment: natural; Condition: Natural.

AI-assisted summary

Description from the seller

Rare example.


SPECIES


Potamon sp.


AGE


Pleistocene (400.000+ years)


LOCATION


Denizli Basin, Southwest Turkey


FORMATION


Travertine Deposits


WEIGHT 888 Gr.


SIZE

Crab 85 mm * 60 mm * 25 mm


Rock 135 mm x 110 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 8.5 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 888 Gr.


SIZE

Crab 85 mm * 60 mm * 25 mm


Rock 135 mm x 110 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 8.5 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
888 g
Height
110 mm
Width
135 mm
Depth
35 mm
TürkiyeVerified
591
Objects sold
100%
pro

Similar objects

For you in

Fossils