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Crab (Macrophthalmus sp.) fossil from Madagascar
Crab (Macrophthalmus sp.) fossil from Madagascar
- Country: Madagascar
- Region: Majunga province
- Period: Upper Pliocene (5.335-2.58 million years)
- Material: Fossilized crab
- Size: 15.7 x 6.2
- Crab has nice details like the claws
- The ends of the legs are missing.
- Nice specimen, perfectly preserved in consolidated clay nodule. The processing of these crabs is done by hand by skilled craftsmen. The crab is very fragile and the matrix where they are fossilised is very hard to work with. This process requires care and many hours of work by the expert.
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Crab (Macrophthalmus sp.) fossil from Madagascar