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Rare near-complete 9cm Mecochirus longimannus: Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany
Rare near-complete 9cm Mecochirus longimannus: Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany
Rare near-complete 9cm Mecochirus longimannus: Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany
Rare near-complete 9cm Mecochirus longimannus: Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany
Rare near-complete 9cm Mecochirus longimannus: Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany
Rare near-complete 9cm Mecochirus longimannus: Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany

Rare near-complete 9cm Mecochirus longimannus: Jurassic Solnhofen, Germany

$ 41.97

Availability: 21 in stock
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  • Fossil Crustacean, Shrimp: Jurassic, Solnhofen, Germany
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 14 Days
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    Description

    Offered from a former teaching collection, and from the celebrated Jurassic (Upper Kimmeridgian) Solnhofen Plattenkalk, of Eichstatt, Bavaria, is a well preserved outstreched and almost complete 9cm example of the scarse 'long armed' crustacean
    Mecochirus longimannus
    (Schlotheim)
    The basal 4cm of each arm is preserved, but both are truncated by a natural joint. The head has some evidence of mouthparts and  a full  abdomen and the segmented telson are preserved in detail...........a remarkable legacy of Jurassic marine life. Matrix approx.12cm X 8cm X 1cm.
    Affordable price for a fine and scarse crustacean from a world famous locality..........
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