Kurufossils Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 Out of the countless New Jersey cretaceous crab claws I've seen and found this has to be one of the strangest claw partials yet. Seems to be an ornamented shell as apposed to the smooth claw textures that are typically found. Definitely a very interesting piece, anyone have any ideas on a possible species or if any ornamental crabs have found in nj cretaceous, or any other new jersey cretaceous hunters ever come across one similar? Definitely a head scratcher Link to post Share on other sites
The Jersey Devil Posted October 28, 2020 Share Posted October 28, 2020 That's a nice find. There are a lot of different crabs with ornament like that that are found there. I think it might be Necrocarcinus or something similar. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Kurufossils Posted October 29, 2020 Author Share Posted October 29, 2020 Interesting to know thank you, out of all my numerous claws this is the first ever with ornamentation, great to know they have been found. Link to post Share on other sites
Trevor Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 1 hour ago, The Jersey Devil said: That's a nice find. There are a lot of different crabs with ornament like that that are found there. I think it might be Necrocarcinus or something similar. Agreed, Here is an example of what I believe to be Necrocarcinus of mine 3 Link to post Share on other sites
erose Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Nice. Reminds me of some of the tiny crab claws from the Lower Cretaceous here in Texas. There are a number of papers out there on east coast Cretaceous crustaceans. You'll need to do some research... Here is one that is close to it from the Abian of Texas. This is identified as Trachynotocarcinus naglei (Bishop, 1983) 2 Link to post Share on other sites
PaleoNoel Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Super cool find! I've found a number of crustacean claw bits but never one with that type of ornamentation. Link to post Share on other sites
FossilDAWG Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Another possibility is Prehepatus dilksi. Prehepatus has been described as a hermit crab, but that is controversial and it may be something else entirely. Someone will have to find a claw attached to a carapace to be sure of the real identity. Figure is from here: Don 3 Link to post Share on other sites
frankh8147 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 I completely agree with everyone; with all the weird crabs that have come out of here it would be very difficult to assign these to one without finding one attached to a carapace. What I find interesting, of all those weird crabs, for some reason, claws with the same 'look' keep popping up. Here are two of mine that look similar to the other examples posted. 5 Link to post Share on other sites
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