Euproops rotundatus from Crockhey, UK
Euproops rotundatus Prestwich, 1840
Upper Carboniferous
Pennsylvanian
Bashkirian (Westphalian A)
Crookhey opencast quarry
Wigan
Lancashire
UK
This horseshoe crab is from the now closed opencast coal mine Crockhey between Manchester and Liverpool. The specimen is preserved in siderite, an iron ore. Euproops rotundatus has a far more rounded (rotund) aspect compared to the well-known Euproops danae from the Mazon Creek deposits of Illinois.
Not an own find - bought it from Andy C.
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