RJB Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 I brought home another 3 boxes of fossils from my other property and went through them the other day. Two of the boxes were unprepped ammo material, but in the 3rd box was a very nice and rather rare crab carapace in a concretion I found many many years ago. I found this way up in Northern California in either the Scotia Sandstone Formation or the Rio Dell Formation. I cant remember now. This is just the way the rock 'popped' open. I left it just the way it is. Just cooler than you know what! RB 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 nice piece. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Very nice RB! Don't think I have seen one like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aerogrower Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Awesome Ron thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Thanks guys, this is a crab you don't see everyday. Not sure if one of this Genus and species has ever been posted before? I sure do love it. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Awesome find!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 21, 2016 Author Share Posted December 21, 2016 Thanks fella's. If only all crabs were this easy to prep? Just 'pop' open and carry home. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted December 21, 2016 Share Posted December 21, 2016 19 hours ago, RJB said: ...Not sure if one of this Genus and species has ever been posted before?... @RJB, what is the genus and species of your crab? "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 22, 2016 Author Share Posted December 22, 2016 PFOOLEY. Cancer major RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 1 hour ago, RJB said: Cancer major RB Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted December 22, 2016 Share Posted December 22, 2016 3 hours ago, RJB said: ...Cancer major... I am fascinated by fossil decapod crustaceans, though they are rare in the outcrops I collect. You always have some fine examples...this one is no different. It looks as if your crab has been reassigned to the genus Metacarcinus... Re-evaluation of the Cancridae... ...in my search I found this plate... ...the information is incorrect but it is still pretty cool. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Thanks PFOOLEY. I don't keep up on the information stuff so it easily passes me by. Im really just a big kid who only wants to play with rocks in his garage. I found this crab about 20 years ago and even the info I found was another 20 or 30 years older than that. RB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 23, 2016 Author Share Posted December 23, 2016 Ok, already made a tag for this crab. Thanks PFOOLEY RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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