RJB Posted May 18, 2016 Share Posted May 18, 2016 I don't think I have a favorite crab? I do like to prep out the Pulalius crabs just because they can turn out so beautiful. As long as a crab, any crab, ends up with really nice preservation, lots of legs with some tippy tippy's and two perfect claws, then that's my favorite. MB: those little concretions look very scary! Im thinking Eocene but ive forgotten for sure. and im very happy for you being all better and stuff. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 27, 2016 Author Share Posted July 27, 2016 A little Italian treat from Millau Fossil Fair 2 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 27, 2016 Share Posted July 27, 2016 Nice crab MB. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glu Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Fantastic crab MB! There is a new fossil site in Calabria (south) that is just now described. the matrix is very similar to that and lots of crabs have been found there. Do you know where your came from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Fantastic crab MB! There is a new fossil site in Calabria (south) that is just now described. the matrix is very similar to that and lots of crabs have been found there. Do you know where your came from? of course, the mine comes from the vicenza area, I know the name of the quarry and his locality, but despite the label says Bartonian I think that that's Oligocene. Let me know about your new fossil site in Calabria. Who described it? http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Do you means the late Pleistocene fauna of Trumbacà, Reggio Calabria? described by Garassino et al., 2014? http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glu Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 I think that Trumbaca' is not accessible anymore,the one I was referring is late Pleistocene and has the same fauna of Trumbaca' but I don't know where is exactly located. Lots of wonderful Pisa Armata and Scylla have been found there. There was another quite similar fauna near were I live, in Castelnuovo Berardenga, but the site is exausted. I would have liked to be born earlier, when all that quarries were open for collecting fossils. Veneto region was a paradise for crabs, especially the quarries near Vicenza, but everything is now closed. I'm too young for collecting crabs here in Italy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 Hi Glu, yes I know well the Veneto crabs area and yes it was (it is) a paradise. I saw lately in a fossil fair a strange Italian fauna, labelled as Pliocene-Italy, with wonderful little crabs, Pisa-like included, too wonderful in my opinion, but I have do not paid much attention on it, very expensive and I had doubts if they are artifacts or not. How old you are? http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glu Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 The Pisa I saw were at the university where I study, found by an amateur collector, so I assumed they were real but I'm not an expert. I'm 19, I hunt for fossils since I was very very young and I've always liked crabs. I only recently focused on them because of their price. I have bought an air scribe a few years ago so I trade fossils that I usually find near where I live for unprepped crabs. I know that Veneto is still good, but sites are now in the woods and not so many know good spots ( I don't). So I hunt in Tuscany, Sardinia and Piedmont for crabs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted July 30, 2016 Author Share Posted July 30, 2016 (edited) The Pisa I saw were at the university where I study, found by an amateur collector, so I assumed they were real but I'm not an expert. I'm 19, I hunt for fossils since I was very very young and I've always liked crabs. I only recently focused on them because of their price. I have bought an air scribe a few years ago so I trade fossils that I usually find near where I live for unprepped crabs. I know that Veneto is still good, but sites are now in the woods and not so many know good spots ( I don't). So I hunt in Tuscany, Sardinia and Piedmont for crabs Thank you for confirm us the the authenticity of those fossils, anyway they are running by the fossil market... but unaffordable for my pocket. What is your university, who are the experts that will study the specimen? Tuscany is a very good place for the fossil crabs also. Veneto will give many surprises still Keep in touch Edited July 30, 2016 by MB http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted September 14, 2016 Author Share Posted September 14, 2016 Hi all, Not really old, but beautiful: Enoplolambrus cfr. validus (De Haan, 1837) from Holocene of Japan. 1 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted September 14, 2016 Share Posted September 14, 2016 Beautiful Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted September 20, 2016 Author Share Posted September 20, 2016 One more: Mursia armata De Haan, 1837 Ibid 1 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Nice additions! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 10 hours ago, MB said: One more: Mursia armata De Haan, 1837 Ibid Nice spines!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(Julia) Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaworm1982 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 what type of scribe did you use? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 A classic pneumatic airscribe, I don't remember the brand, but it's european. http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 Awesome fossils MB! Those crabs are absolutely jaw-dropping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted November 4, 2016 Share Posted November 4, 2016 MB, I am in need of your help in identifying the species for my crab fossil from the Pliocene of Guangdong, China. Should be Galene but do you possibly know what species? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted November 7, 2016 Author Share Posted November 7, 2016 Of course, it's Galene bispinosa (Herbst, 1794), but I'm not confident on its age... are you sure? I was always doubtful on it. I would be happy to know the exact geology of the outcrops. 1 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Of course, it's Galene bispinosa (Herbst, 1794), but I'm not confident on its age... are you sure? I was always doubtful on it. I would be happy to know the exact geology of the outcrops. I too would be interested in this information. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Went for my first trip to Motunau in New Zealand. Its famous for fossil crabs, at least amongst fossil addicts. Seems this fame is now spreading over into "popular culture". Here's a cafe that's new near the turnoff to the fossil locality, aptly named Fossil Point. Couldn't believe my eyes when I first saw it! Even has a picture of the most common crab Trichopectarion greggi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Being my first trip it took me a while to get my eye in for the right concretions. The most interesting find was this: My my guess is that this is a pincer from Metacarcinus novaezelaniae (Piecrust crab). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 WoW awesome claw, I hope the rest is there. Did you find many more concretions? Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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