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 Crustaceans are a large group of arthropods (invertebrates with a segmented body, an external skeleton and jointed limbs). About 55,000 species are known. They include e.g. crabs, lobsters and shrimp. They are found in marine and fresh water, with a few terrestrial members. They have three distinct body parts: head, thorax, and abdomen. Crustaceans typically have a thick carapace on the dorsal side and two pairs of antennae on the head and compound eyes. They seem to have evolved in the Lower Cambrian. Bigger crustaceans like crabs and lobsters fossilize more easily than the smaller ones, as their exoskeleton is thicker. Famous fossil sites are the Burgess Shale in British Colombia, Canada (mid to late Cambrian), southern Sweden (late Cambrian) and the lithographic limestones from Solnhofen, Germany (Jurassic).
Bibliography:
1) The fossils of Solnhofen, K.A. Frickhinger, 1994, Goldschneck Verlag (Korb, Germany), p. 100-131
2) The fossils of Solnhofen part 2, K.A. Frickhinger, 1999, Goldschneck Verlag (Korb, Germany), p. 36-46
3) The fossils of the Burgess Shale, D.E. Briggs, D.H. Erwin and F.J. Collier, 1994, Smithsonian Institution Press (Washington, US), p. 145-158
4) An updated classification of the recent Crustacea, J.W. Martin and G.E. Davis, Dec. 2001, Science Series Nº 39, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

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Tumidocarcinus giganteus #TG0610
Fossil Crab 
Miocene 14 Million years old
Montanou Beach, New Zealand
Size : 5.6 inch / 14 cm
Price : Euro 
Slimonia cf. acuminata #SA0564
Rare 
Eurypteroid Old collection, Head
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size tail: 6.6 inch / 16.5 cm
Matrix size: 15.5 by 22.5 cm
Price : Euro 345.--
Slimonia cf. acuminata #SA0565
Rare 
Eurypteroid Old collection, 2 Legs
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size tail: 2.4 inch / 6 cm
Matrix size: 14 by 11 cm
Price : Euro 220.--
Slimonia cf. acuminata #SA0566
Rare 
Eurypteroid Old collection, Leg
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size tail: 3.2 inch / 8 cm
Matrix size: 12 by 8 cm
Price : Euro 200.--
Slimonia cf. acuminata #SA0567
Rare 
Eurypteroid Old collection, Partial body and legs
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Matrix size: 28 by 14 cm
Price : Euro 225.--
Eurypterid #PR0515
Pterygotus cf. rhenaniae
Enormous and ultra rare specimen.
One of a kind there are no others this big from this locality.
OLD COLLECTION, New preparation
Lower Devonian, Emsian 407 Million years old
Altenkirchen / Pfalz / Germany
Size
: 79 cm 
Plate: 95 by 60 centimetres
Price : Euro 
Above detail of the head!
Baltoeurypterus cf. tetragonophtalmus #EB0493
Eurypteroid

Silurian, Wenlock 425 Million years old
Kamieniec, Podolski Region, Ukraine
Size
: 2.6 inch / 6.5 cm curved length
Price : Euro 405.--
Erettopterus (pterygotus) bilobus #EB0363
Rare Eurypteroid
Old collection
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size : 6.4 inch / 16 cm curved length
Matrix size: 36 by 24 cm
Price : Euro 1130.--


Slimonia cf. acuminata #EB0364
Rare 
Eurypteroid Old collection
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size : 1.56 inch / 3.9 cm
Price : Euro
Erettopterus (pterygotus) bilobus #EB0365
Rare 
Eurypteroid Old collection
With very detailed legs
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size : 3.2 inch / 8 cm
Price : Euro 540.--

Erettopterus (pterygotus) bilobus #EB0366
Rare 
Eurypteroid Old collection, Head and scissor
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size biggest: 3.4 inch / 8.5 cm
Matrix size: 22 by 24 cm
Price : Euro 
Slimonia cf. acuminata #EB0367
Rare 
Eurypteroid Old collection, Tail on the left
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size tail: 6.4 inch / 16 cm
Matrix size: 32 by 18.5 cm
Price : Euro 
Ceratiocaris papilo #CP0375
Rare Lobster
Old collection
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size tail: 3.4 inch / 8.5 cm
Matrix size: 14 by 15 cm
Price : Euro 225.--
Ceratiocaris papilo #EO0060
Rare Lobster
Old collection
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size : 5.2 inch / 13 cm
Price : Euro
Ceratiocaris papilo #EO0059
Rare Lobster
Old collection
Silurian, 430 Million years old
Logan Water, Lesmahago, Scotland
Size span: 4 inch / 10 cm
Price : Euro 235.--
Balanus spec. #BM833
Big Barnacles
Pliocene, 4 Million years old
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.A
Size : 5.2 by 4.8inch / 13 by 12 cm
Price: Euro 50.--
Balanus spec. #BM834
Big Barnacles
Pliocene, 4 Million years old
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.A
Size : 7.2 by 5.2 inch / 18 by 13 cm 
Price: Euro 50.--
Mesolimulus walchii #MW790
Very Large Horseshoe crab RARE
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Eichstatt, Germany
Size plate: 12.4 by 13.6 inch / 31 by 34cm
Size fossil: 8 inch / 20 cm
Price: Euro 
Eryma modestiformis #ES688
Small Lobster
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Zandt, Germany
Size fossil: 0.8 inch / 2 cm
Price: Euro 30.--
Undescribed shrimp #UN690
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Zandt, Germany
Size fossil: 1.8 inch / 4.5 cm
Price: Euro 30.--
Cancer deshayesi #GC485
Nice rare Crab, Old collection
Pliocene, 4 Million years old
Benidorm, Spain
Size : 5.2 inch / 13 cm
Price : Euro 200.--
Tasmanadia twelvetreesi #AI435
Very rare Arthropod Trackway, Old collection
Carboniferous, 318 Million years old
Hellyer Gorge, Tasmania, Australia
Size : 2.2 inch / 5.5 cm
Price : Euro 100.--
Xandarella spectaculum #AI436
Very rare 
Arthropod, Old collection
Cambrian, 525 Million years old
Chengjiang, China
Size : 0.68 inch / 1.7 cm
Price : Euro 400.--
Aglaspis species #AI437
Very rare Aglaspids, Old collection
Cambrian, 500 Million years old
Stoney Point, Montagu, Tasmania, Australia
Size : 0.96 inch / 2.4 cm
Price : Euro 135.--
Aglaspis species #AI438
Very rare Aglaspids, Old collection
Cambrian, 500 Million years old
Stoney Point, Montagu, Tasmania, Australia
Size : 0.96 inch / 2.4 cm
Price : Euro 135.--
Aglaspis species #AI439
Very rare Aglaspids, Old collection
Cambrian, 500 Million years old
Stoney Point, Montagu, Tasmania, Australia
Size : 0.48 inch / 1.2 cm
Price : Euro 135.--
Aglaspis species #AI440
Very rare Aglaspids, Old collection
Cambrian, 500 Million years old
Stoney Point, Montagu, Tasmania, Australia
Size : 0.76 inch / 1.9 cm
Price : Euro 
Branchiocaris pretiosa #AI442
Rare phyllocarid crustacean, Old collection
Marjum form.
Cambrian, 510 Million years old
Utah, U.S.A.
Size : 2 inch / 5 cm
Price : Euro 270.--
Undescribed species #AI443
Very rare Crab Carpace, Old collection
Middle Miocene Fossil Beds,
14 Million years old
Muddy Creek, Victoria, Australia
Size : 0.96 inch / 2.4 cm
Price : Euro 440.--
Trichopeltarion greggi #TG336
Spin Crab nodule 
Pliocene, 3.5 Million years old
Motunau Beach, Canterbury, New Zealand
Size fossil: 2.8 inch / 7 cm
Price: Euro 90.--

Eryma modestiformis #SE001
Small Lobster
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Zandt, Germany
Size fossil: 1.2 inch / 3 cm
Size plate: 4.4 by 4.4 inch / 11 by 11 cm
Price: Euro

Eryma modestiformis #SE005
Small Lobster
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Zandt, Germany
Size fossil: 0.96 inch / 2.4 cm
Size plate: 7 by 6 inch / 17.5 by 15 cm
Price:  Euro

Dromiopsis rugosa #503
Upper Cretaceous, Ynger Kritt, Coralchalk,
70 Million years old
Faxe, Denmark
Size fossil: 1 inch / 2.5 cm
Size matrix: 4 by 2.4 inch / 10 by 6 cm
Price: Euro 15.--
Dromiopsis rugosa #504
Upper Cretaceous, Ynger Kritt, Coralchalk,
70 Million years old
Faxe, Denmark
Size fossil: 1.12 inch / 2.8 cm
Size matrix: 3.6 by 2.8 inch / 9 by 7 cm
Price:  Euro 15.-- 
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Mecochirus longimanus
Nursing lobster pos/neg with death tracks
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Eichstatt, Germany
Size plates: 13.2 by 8 inch / 33 by 20 cm
Size fossil: 8 inch / 17.5 cm
track size: 4 inch / 10 cm
Price: Euro 220.-- for both
Xanthopsis dufouri #405
Crab on matrix
Ypresian, Eocene, 55 Million years old
Baca Morta, Spain
Size crab shield: 1.6 inch / 4 cm approx
Price:  Euro 70.--
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Colneptunus hungaricus #407
Crab 
Lutetian, Eocene, 49 Million years old
Vilada, Spain
Size crab shield: 1.8 inch / 4.5 cm approx.
Price:  Euro 65.--
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Nursing-lobster
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Eichstatt, Germany
Size plate: 8.8 by 8.8 inch / 22 by 22 cm
Size fossil: 8 inch / 20 cm
Price:  Euro 195.--
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Mecochirus longimanus
Pos/Neg 
Nursing-lobster
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Eichstatt, Germany
Size plates: 13 by 10 inch / 32.5 by 25 cm
Size fossil: 8 inch / 20 cm
Price:  Euro 215.--  for both