Xanthopsis carolinensis
Class Malacostraca, Order Decapoda, Family Xanthopsidae
Geological Time: Eocene, Ypressian (circa 50 million years ago)
Size: Crab fossil is 6 x 4.5 cm
Fossil Site: Alabama
Fossil Code: PFD61
Price: Sold
 Description:
In March and July of 2008 I had the unique privilege of purchasing
two large lots from a most important collection. And now in May and
June 2009, a third and fourth acquisition. The collector had painstakingly
accumulated a superb group of decapods, echinoderms and other fossils
during a twenty-year period. The vast majority of the specimens came
from self-collecting, academic resources, trading, and selected purchases.
Very few of fossils came from the normal channels of trade shows and
commercial internet resources. Any specimen presented under this introductory
paragraph will generally be a superior collector grade fossil; be
it of rarity, preservation, or, both.
An
exceptionally rare specimen of this species. 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. |
