Fossil prep: suspected 19-million-year-old fossil in a very soft matrix
I suspected there was a fossil hiding in this concretion based on what I thought was a leg or claw visible on the side of the concretion. It was su...
I suspected there was a fossil hiding in this concretion based on what I thought was a leg or claw visible on the side of the concretion. It was such a soft matrix that I could use a combination of a small screwdriver and a wooden toothpick to remove the siltstone to expose the crab.
This could be my oldest crab fossil, it’s in the region of 19-million-years-old.
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