Notopocorystes stokesi
(Mantell)
Class: Malacostraca, Order Decopoda , Family Raninidae
Geological Time: Lower Cretaceous
Size: Crab fossil is 1 5/8” in length by 1 ¾” in width
Fossil Site: Gault Clay, Folkstone, Kent, England
Fossil Code: PFD237
Price: Sold
 Description:
Notopocorystes stokesi are rarely found with the appendages intact.
This one displays both the arms and pincers, as well as most of
the legs. The preservation is fair/good on the appendages. The
carapace is in good condition.
This
fossil comes from the George Lee Collection of Southern California.
Mr. Lee accumulated a virtual where house
of fossils
over thirty-five
years of self-collecting and purchasing. Most of the fossils were
acquired during the 1960s through the mid 1990s. Unfortunately,
for we collectors, many of these sites and areas are no longer
available for collecting. Therefore, many of my offerings are of
special importance, as they are now rarely available to the public.
Since Mr. Lee's death, a few years ago, the collection has
slowly been liquidated. |
