Dusa denticulata
Class Malacostraca, Order Decapoda, Infraorder Astacidea, Family: Nephropidae
Geological Time: Triassic, Norian Stage
Size (25.4mm=1 inch): Fossil is 28 mm from tail to tip of claw
Fossil Site: Forni Dolostones, Preone, Italy
Fossil Code: PFO159
Price: $100.00
 Description:
This is quite a difficult species to get any background on. The only
reference found is that of Dusa represented in the fossil record of
the Jurassic Solnhofen Limestone of Germany.
The
specimen shows an unusual ventral (under-side) view. It is a black
impression on a dark gray matrix. Note the well-defined legs and
claws. The normally long arms appear to be pulled in and the tail
tucked into the body. |
