limusher Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Can anyone help to identify this huge crab fossil, it is about 19 inch wide Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Where it came from would be a big help, age or formation? Country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 That's the biggest fossil crab I have ever seen, where in the world did you find such a thing. Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limusher Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 From Indonesia, I found this fossil inside my passed away grandma's bedroom, when I clean the room, and I dont have any information about the age because I am new to fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 From Indonesia, I found this fossil inside my passed away grandma, and I dont have any information about the age because I am new to fossils I am glad you verified that in another post, I bout had a heart attack when I read that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limusher Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 sorry bout that, because I type quickly and miss the other words, can you identify what type of crab this is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Holy snarge that thing must be worth a mint! It's the largest crab fossil I've ever seen! Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limusher Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 if you look at the fossil, it looks like a spider with claws, that's why I am hoping that someone in this forum can help me identify the type and the age of this fossil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brachiomyback Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 WOW!! That thing in a monster!! That would make a perfect door stop in my house. Did you happen to weigh it yet.... just wondering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limusher Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 about 50 lbs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Bowen Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Good Lord that thing is enormous! You have a very special fossil there. Make sure you protect it. I would actually look into having that thing profesionally prepped if it were mine. Dave Bowen Collin County, Texas. Paleontology: The next best thing to time travel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Holy smokes thats huge! Never seen anything like it. fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 I found this Cymonomidae, and it looks like it but no info at all, it is a monster. sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limusher Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 I found this Cymonomidae, and it looks like it but no info at all, it is a monster. sorry. Thanks for the information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Can you post pictures of the top, front, side, and back of this goliath crustacean? Thanks. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limusher Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Can you post pictures of the top, front, side, and back of this goliath crustacean? Thanks. I will take more pictures tomorrow and post them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Thanks for the information I'm sorry, I just said it looked like you crab, it may not be it is just a start. But I am still looking, for your beast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Here is a web site I found for crabs from Indonesia See if any of the one pictured match yours. http://www.ucmp.berkley.edu/tertiary/pli/bodjong.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
limusher Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Can you post pictures of the top, front, side, and back of this goliath crustacean? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 That claw is way out in left field, got all my books out on reef and deep bed crabs now seeing what the guys that still live have to offer. The best book I have on crabs in that area is Marine Decapod Crustacea of Southern Australia by Gary C.B. Poore, some came close, but the claw made this search a dead end. I have never seen anything that big, that's not a spider crab. Yes they can get big, but they like shallow water mostly and have small claws. This guy is heavy, short legs big massive claws, and a shell like reef dweller. What the heck did this guy eat, it could have tore the tire off a motorcycle. Sorry, just thinking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Can you post pictures of the top, front, side, and back of this goliath crustacean? Thanks. limusher, if you could indulge a few more pictures please. We have some very good crab experts here. Try using the flash on the camera for a few. A few close-ups using the macro mode might also be helpful. I'm sure some of our members are digging through research papers, books, and the web for an ID of your crab. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 limusher, if you could indulge a few more pictures please. We have some very good crab experts here. Try using the flash on the camera for a few. A few close-ups using the macro mode might also be helpful. I'm sure some of our members are digging through research papers, books, and the web for an ID of your crab. I been sitting on the couch surrounded with almost every book I got, but that big claw is very unusual. A good close up of the big claw would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Something is wrong with this, it's a new one or not one at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Something is wrong with this, it's a new one or not one at all. It is those claws, I keep looking at them, they look like 2 different claws to me, maybe it is just my eyes but they are what keeps stumping me. I have been looking ever since they posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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