Shrimp Carpopenaeus callirostris - Lebanon - fossil 4.8 cm / 89g / AR550

Fossil crustaceans belong to the Arthropoda phylum, which also includes trilobites. The Decapoda family (5 pairs of legs) includes species such as shrimp, crabs, and crayfish. Fossil crustaceans reached their greatest extent in the Middle Jurassic (-150 Ma).

Carpopenaeus callirostris is a species of crustacean that lived in the Upper Cretaceous period (- 85 Ma).

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Origin: fossils from Lebanon / Hgula

Fossil length: 2.5 cm

Die length: 4.9 x 4.8 x 1.5 cm

Total weight: 89 g