Neptunus
granulatus
Class Malacostraca,
Order Decapoda, Superfamily Portunidae
Geological
Time: Miocene
Size: Crab
fossil is is 12 cm (4 3/4”) in width by 10,5 cm (4 1/8 ”)
in depth on a 11 x 10 cm (4 3/8 x 4 ”) block of matrix
Fossil Site:
Bosa Beds, Sardinia, Italy
Fossil Code:
PFD223
Price: Sold
|  Description:
A fine grade example of this classic fossil crab from
Sardinia, Italy. Note the oval carapace with the lateral points
projecting from the far sides. And need we mention the large
open pincers dramatically placed in the matrix. One residual
leg on the right side is preserved. The end tips on the right
hand pincers are missing. The tan-colored specimen is set in
a large block of whitish matrix. The Italian collector and craftsman
who found it artistically curated it. According to a crab collector
friend, these have often been found as part of the rocky fencerows
of Sardinian farmers.
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