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Rolfeia sp. - Horseshoe Crab

Description

Fossil horseshoe crab, Rolfeia sp., from the Mississippian Epoch (early Carboniferous) of Mumbie Quarry, Dumfriesshire, Scotland

Museum reference

G.1998.35.3

Collection

Fossils

Scientific name(s)

species: Rolfeia sp. - Horseshoe Crab

Specimen details

Specimen form: Fossil

Collection place(s)

Mumbie Quarry, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

Exhibitions

  • Survival (29 Jul 2011)
    National Museum of Scotland

On display

national museum of scotland »
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natural world, survival

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