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V Rare big 3D horseshoe crab E. rotundatus paired nodule not Mazon Creek from UK

$ 200.64

Availability: 47 in stock
  • Condition: New

    Description

    Very rare, Upper Carboniferous age fossil, big and 3D preserved
    horseshoe crab:
    Euproops rotundatus
    Prestwich 1840
    in paired nodule, not Mazon Creek from closed site in UK !
    Locality:
    Crock Hey Open Cast Quarry, Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom
    Age:
    Upper Carboniferous , Pennsylvanian, Bashkirian, Westphalian A ca. 310 - 315 mya
    Found: ca. 2002 year
    Nodule dimensions: 5,5 x 5,0 x 2,5 cm
    Extremely Rare specimen of Upper Carboniferous , big and fully 3D
    horseshoe crab
    Euproops rotundatus
    Prestwich 1840
    preserved
    in paired siderite nodule from closed site Crock Hey Open Cast, Wigan, Lancashire in UK.
    from closed locality in
    Crock Hey Open Cast Quarry, Wigan, Lancashire, United Kingdom
    preserved in Mazon Creek like siderite paired nodule. The specimen comes from an exchange with a local UK collector - from my own collection, now it is a very rare item - very unique, closed location!