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Mesolimulus walchi Demarest - Horseshoe Crab

Description

Fossil horseshoe crab, Mesolimulus walchi, in lithographic limestone, from the Jurassic Period of Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany

Museum reference

G.1893.114.18

Collection

Fossils

Scientific name(s)

species: Mesolimulus walchi Demarest - Horseshoe Crab

Specimen details

Specimen form: Fossil

Collection place(s)

Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany, Western Europe

Associations

Limestone, lithographic

Exhibitions

  • Survival (29 Jul 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
level 5 »
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