螃蟹 - 骨骼化石 - 120 mm - 165 mm (没有保留价)

罕见的例子。大螃蟹

SPECIES

Potamon sp.

AGE

Pleistocene (400.000+ years)

LOCATION

Denizli Basin, Southwest Turkey

FORMATION

Travertine Deposits

WEIGHT 1402 Gr.

SIZE

Crab 80 mm * 50 mm * 20 mm

Rock 165 mm x 120 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.