Lot Essay
A beautifully excavated three-dimensional specimen of a familiar animal still very much alive.
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Details
A Fine Harpactocarcinus (Crab) Fossil,
Rialo Formation, Montebaldo, Italy, Eocene epoch (56-38 million years old) on the original matrix, the specimen -- 8.5cm. (3 3/8in.) wide, with a custom-made display base
See Illustration
Rialo Formation, Montebaldo, Italy, Eocene epoch (56-38 million years old) on the original matrix, the specimen -- 8.5cm. (3 3/8in.) wide, with a custom-made display base
See Illustration
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