Mystery fossil #62 is...
the crab Xantho (Lophoxanthus) scaberrimus
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Crabs are crustaceans whose fossils first appear in Jurassic rocks, although there are some ambiguous fossils that may push crab origins back to the Carboniferous.
This specimen was collected from the Pliocene Bodjong Formation of western Java, Indonesia. Read more about the Bodjong Formation, or crustaceans in general, here on the UCMP site.
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