fossil Horseshoe Crab Mesolimulus for sale

$699.00

Mesolimulus walchi

Crustacea, Xiphosura

Jurassic, Lower Tithonium, Malm Zeta 2b

Altmuehltal Formation,Upper Eichstaedt Subformation,

Solnhofen Area, Bavaria, Germany

Availability: In stock

Description

Fossil Horseshoe Crab Mesolimulus walchi from Solnhofen Limestones for sale. Horseshoe Crabs have a frontpart called Prosoma and a rear part called Opisthosoma with the tail. There are two facet eyes located on top of the Prosoma (Facets don’t show on this specimen here!). Horseshoe Crabs are still existing today. That makes Mesolimulus a living fossil. The fossil Horseshoe Crab Mesolimulus here is 15,8 cm or 6.25 ” long from head to tail.

Due to less demand in decorative stones the production of Solnhofen Limestones slowed down since the 1990’s. Many quarries closed down. The final blow came in July 2023, when production seized (for now?). The storages for Solnhofen Limestones are full.

For more information on Mesolimulus and other fossils from Solnhofen, you can go to or click here :  https://www.solnhofen-fossilienatlas.de and write the german name for Crustaceans = “Krebse” under Suche (search). If you want a english translation it would be better to google Solnhofen Fossilienatls and choose “translate this page” in Google already.

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Additional information

Weight 0.850 kg
Dimensions 25.5 × 20.0 × 5.5 cm

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