Showing posts with label claw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label claw. Show all posts

Friday, August 10, 2018

Mecochirus longimanatus Claw Fossil


Mecochirus longimanatus crustacean claw fossil found at Eichstätt, Germany. The fossil dates to the Jurassic Period.

Fossil on display at American Museum of Natural History in New York City, USA.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Callianopsis Shrimp Claw Fossil

Here is a fossil I profiled in August 2012. My cousin brought this back from Washington state and yesterday he prepped it. This picture shows a picture of it August and now January 2013.
We think this is a claw from a ghost or mud shrimp called Callianopsis. The fossil could be from the Lincoln Creek formation of the Oligocene epoch.

Thanks Kenny for the pictures!