Complete 2. 5cm Miocene Crab Pinnixia Galliheri; Monterray Fm. California, USA
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:4496665 | Fossil Crab: Miocene, California, USA |
Offered is an unusual item for the specialist collector; a typically small (2.5cm tr.) but finely preserved and complete example of the Mioocene pea- crab Pinnixia galliheri (Rathburn, 1932), from the Monterray Formation of San Louis, Obisco County, California, USA.Despite the flattened nature of these fossils, they are in sharp preservation, with good detail of the upper carapace, most of the walking appendages and both pincers in evidence. Several walking legs would benefit... from further preparation with modern air tools. matrix approx. 4cm X 2.5cm X 2cm.No reserve for a well preserved and complete example of this localised US pea- crab.
