Longusorbis Fossil Crab with Killer Claws

Description: Longusorbis cuniculosus is perhaps the fossil most associated with Vancouver Island. This is an excellent quality specimen. According to my preparator, (who lives in B.C. and has prepped countless crabs) it has by far the finest claws he has ever encountered for this genus. All eight of the walking legs are present, residual to mostly complete. The carapace is in good condition. The specimen was prepared using air abrasion. Prepped top down, as well, as from the side in. Prepping from the side in, though time consuming and expensive reveals the claws in their full 3D glory.

In March and July of 2008 I had the unique privilege of purchasing two large lots from a most important collection. The collector had painstakingly accumulated a superb group of decapods, echinoderms and other fossils during a twenty-year period. The vast majority of the specimens came from self-collecting, academic resources, trading, and selected purchases. Very few of fossils came from the normal channels of trade shows and commercial internet resources. Any specimen presented under this introductory paragraph will generally be a superior collector grade fossil; be it of rarity, preservation, or, both.