Lot 795
150 Million Year Old Crustacean From Solnhofen, Germany Fossil Bed. This bizarre 6 ½" lobster-like crustecean known as Mecochirus longimanatus is unusual in having an unbelievably long front pair of walking legs with pincers. The front legs are 4" long (two thirds the length of the crustecean). Mecochirus used such long legs to raise itself out of the sand and swing its body backwards.
Encased in a 16x12" Ryker Mount. Solnhufen is famous for the site of the first bird Archaeopteryx (Jurassic). Mecochirus is rarely found as well preserved as this specimen because it had a very thin shell. Add $30 for domestic shipping.
Estimated Value $500 - 750.
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