Fossil Crab Claws a.JPG
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Fossil Crab Claws
SITE LOCATION: Pungo River or Yorktown Formation, Aurora, Beaufort Co., North Carolina, USA
TIME PERIOD: Miocene age (5.3-23 Million Years Ago)
Data: Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen), usually entirely hidden under the thorax. They live in all the world's oceans, in fresh water, and on land, are generally covered with a thick exoskeleton and have a single pair of claws.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Euarthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Photo Information for Fossil Crab Claws a.JPG
Taken with Canon Canon PowerShot SX120 IS
- 11.5 mm
- 1/20
- f f/3.5
- ISO 200
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