Goneplax Fossil Crab

Magnificent Goneplax Fossil Crab from Italy

Goneplax sp.

Class Malacostraca, Order Decapoda, Infraorder Brachyura, Superfamily Xanthoidea Family Xanthidae

Size: Crab fossil is 73 mm in width by 38 mm in length

Fossil Site: Empoli, Arno Valley, Tuscany, Italy

Fossil Code: PFO155

Price: $475.00

Description: Presented is an excellent example of this crab genus. Note the tapered shape, with the two tipped points on the front end of the carapace. Both claws are very well preserved and represented, as well as one eyestalk. Six partial legs are present. The specimen is well curated, and appears to have been entombed in a concretion.

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