Thursday, September 13, 2012

FOSSIL MUSEUM - SC0083: CRAB


FOSSIL NO:SC0083
AGE:23-5 million years
TERM:Miocene
LOCATION:Patagonia, Argentina



LIVING SPECIMENS:


OTHER INFORMATION:
One of the organisms frequently encountered in the fossil record is the crab. One of the proofs that there"s no difference between the crabs of millions of years ago and ones alive today is the 23-5-million-year-old crab pictured. This crab is the same as the ones living today.

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