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Fossil Shrimp from Solnhofen Germany
Fossil Shrimp from Solnhofen Germany Fossil Shrimp from Solnhofen Germany Fossil Shrimp from Solnhofen Germany Fossil Shrimp from Solnhofen Germany Fossil Shrimp from Solnhofen Germany

Fossil Shrimp from Solnhofen Germany

$400.00 USD

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This aesthetic fossil shrimp 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: Aegeridae
  • Genus: Aeger
  • Species: Aeger spinipes 

GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

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

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 

  • Dimensions: The plate measures 8.5 wide x 10.1 inches tall x 0.7 inches thick. Specimen measures 2.78 inches excluding the antennae.
  • Weight: 2152 grams