Coeloma Oligocene Fossil Crab

Coeloma taunicum

Class Malacostraca, Order Decapoda, Infraorder Brachyura, Family Mathildellidae

Geological Time: Oligocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): Fossil is 70 mm wide

Fossil Site: Mangyshlak Peninsula Near Caspian Sea Coast, Kazakstan

Fossil Code: INV45

Price: Sold


Coeloma Oligocene Fossil CrabCoeloma is an extinct genus of crabs belonging within Order Dacapoda. The genus has many species and a Crabfossil record extending from the Eocene to Miocene. This one is from the Caspian Sea. While a nice little crab fossil, I have seen these on e-bay wrongly identified and way overpriced at > $100.

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