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Washington Crab Portunites c.f. triangulum

Washington Crab Portunites c.f. triangulum

Name: Portunites c.f. triangulum
Class: Malacostraca Superfamily: Portunoidea
Age: Oligocene
Size: (25.4mm=1 inch): The crab is 2 ¾” in width by 1 ¾” in length on a rounded concretion.
Fossil Location: Lincoln Creek Formation, Washington State.
Comments: This is a good example of an uncommon Washington State fossil crab species. The carapace is inflated and in good condition. Unfortunately, only one arm is mostly intact, and none of the legs.
Price: $60.00 Code: PFD34 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase

Exceptionally Rare Xanthopsis carolinensis Crab

Washington Crab Portunites c.f. triangulum

Name: Xanthopsis carolinensis
Class Malacostraca, Order Decapoda, Family Xanthopsidae
Age: Eocene
Size: (25.4mm=1 inch): Specimen is 6 x 4.5 cm
Fossil Location: Alabama
Comments: This is an exceptionally rare specimen of this species, and one for the specialist collector. According to the collector, to the best of his knowledge, only two mostly complete specimens have ever been collected. And this is one of them.
Price: $175.00 Code: PFD61 - Free postage in the USA - Purchase