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Fossil Lobster from Solnhofen, Germany - 3.99"
Fossil Lobster from Solnhofen, Germany - 3.99" Fossil Lobster from Solnhofen, Germany - 3.99" Fossil Lobster from Solnhofen, Germany - 3.99"

Fossil Lobster from Solnhofen, Germany - 3.99"

$400.00 USD

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This aesthetic fossil Lobster comes from the famous Solnhofen lithographic limestone, in Eichstatt, Germany. This region is home to some of the world's most important fossil discoveries, including Archaeopteryx, the feathered dinosaur.

TAXONOMY 

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Malacostraca
  • Order: Decapoda
  • Family: Mecochiridae
  • Genus: Mecochirus

GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

  • Location: Solnhofen formation, Bavaria, Germany
  • Age: Late Jurassic, 148 million years old.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 

  • Dimensions: The plate measures 21.3 x 16.2 x 10.1 cm (8.4 x 6.3 x 4 inches).  Specimen measures 10.15 cm (3.99 inches)
  • Weight: 582 grams

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