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Rare 1.5cm dia. Arthropod Americlus (Cyclus) americana :L Carb. Mazon Creek, USA
Rare 1.5cm dia. Arthropod Americlus (Cyclus) americana :L Carb. Mazon Creek, USA
Rare 1.5cm dia. Arthropod Americlus (Cyclus) americana :L Carb. Mazon Creek, USA
Rare 1.5cm dia. Arthropod Americlus (Cyclus) americana :L Carb. Mazon Creek, USA
Rare 1.5cm dia. Arthropod Americlus (Cyclus) americana :L Carb. Mazon Creek, USA

Rare 1.5cm dia. Arthropod Americlus (Cyclus) americana :L Carb. Mazon Creek, USA

$ 23.49

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  • Fossil Arthripod : Cycloid: Carboniferous Mazon Creek, USA
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    Description

    Offered from a former teaching collection, and from the celebrated Lower Carboniferous; 'Konservat-lagerstatte' of Mazon Creek, near Coaltown, Illinois, is a small *(1.5cm dia) but fine and essentially complete example of the enigmatic Cycloid arthropod
    Americlus (Cyclus) americana
    (Packard)
    Typically preserved in a ciderite nodule, this  curious arthropod, which some believe to be a Copeopod, may have existed as a parasite on larger organisms in the coal swamps of eastern North America.  They are one of only a handful of paleozoic arthropods to survive the end -Permian mass extinction, and persist until the Cretaceous Period.
    Altogether, a remarkable legacy of early Carboniferous life that may prepare further with modern air tools. Matrix approx.2cm diameter.
    Great price for a fine aquatic carboniferous arthropod from a world famous locality..........
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