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Fossil Shrimp from Solnhofen, Germany

$450.00 USD

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This aesthetic fossil shrimp comes from the famous Solnhofen lithographic limestone, in Eichstatt, Germany. This region is home to some of the world's most important fossil discoveries, including Archaeopteryx, the feathered dinosaur.

TAXONOMY 

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Class: Malacostraca
  • Order: Decapoda
  • Family: Aegeridae
  • Genus: Aeger
  • Species: Aeger spinipes 

GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

  • Location: Solnhofen formation, Bavaria, Germany
  • Age: Late Jurassic, 148 million years old.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 

  • Dimensions: 18.2 x 11.7 x 0.6 cm (7.1 x 4.6 x 0.2 inches)
  • Weight: 188 grams

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