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Stunning Fossil Horseshoe Crab

$2,600.00 USD

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  • This is a superb example of a Fossil Horseshoe Crab (Mesolimulus walchi) from the famous lithographic limestones of Solnhofen, in southern Germany, that live during the age of the dinosaurs in the mid Jurassic 150 million years ago.
  • Matrix measures 18.5 inches by 17.25 inches. The fossil measures 7 inches long. The total weight is 2300 grams.
  • This specimen was found in the same region (Solnhoffen, Germany) where Archaeopteryx - the feathered dinosaur - was found in 1861. There is a natural dendrite on the plate.