Impressive Harpactozanthopsis Crab Fossil

Description: 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.

This is a beautifully preserved dorsal and ventral specimen of this very rare crab species. Both claws are fully preserved as well as the carapace. The ventral side in particular is grandly on display. Residual parts of one leg have been preserved. The specimen is fully 3D, and quite lifelike.

Also see: NEW SPECIES OF HARPACTOCARCINUS FROM THE TETHYAN EOCENE AND THEIR PALEOECOLOGICAL SETTING Journal of Paleontology, Sep 2007 by Schweitzer, Carrie E, Shirk, Aubrey M, Cosovic, Vlasta, Okan, Yavuz, Et al.