bone digger Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 here is a longusorbis crab from Vancouver Island BC. it is a very nice crab considering it has had basically zero prep work done to it. What I find very cool is the fossil seaweed of some kind right above it! Vancouver island is the only place in the world that this species of crab is found, and also, they are only found in one location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Is it Eocene? It looks quite tropical crabbie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Some fossils just display well right out of the ground; this one's real eye-candy! An observer wouldn't have to know anything about fossils to enjoy looking at this one. Great find! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Very nice.Looks well preserved. Lowes Farm Krew For Life! ~C*J*J*D*D*G*P~ My Shark Teeth Website.MANSFIELD EXCLUSIVES!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriphia Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Always thought it was a bug from the Cretaceous, Moropus Nice bug, really nice. Congratulations Crabs are out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Always thought it was a bug from the Cretaceous, MoropusNice bug, really nice. Congratulations Your Longusorbis looks awesome, many have been found at that locality but the preservation of your is the best you get. Spines are sharp and color of shell is nice. Lots of woody debris in the concretions including cones. Your inclusion seems to be a small branch. The other common find there is the heteromorph ammonite Baculites,definately Upper Cretaceous. Fossisle Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Yes, well preserved fossil Older Longusorbis species was founded in Mexico also, and it seems it was a dwarf crab: http://dpc.uba.uva.nl/cgi/t/text/get-pdf?c=ctz;idno=7503a02 http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Ever dig on Hornby Island? I have a couple bird bones from Manning Point, and the matrix looks pretty similar. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 Ever dig on Hornby Island? I have a couple bird bones from Manning Point, and the matrix looks pretty similar. Different formations, Longusorbis site is Cedar District Formation, Manning Point is Lambert Formation both Campanian in age with Manning being younger. Longusorbis concretions somewhat coarser/ sandier. Bird Bones from Hornby ultra Rare!!! You must have a great collection of Bird material Fossisle Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone digger Posted May 29, 2008 Author Share Posted May 29, 2008 thanks fossisle, I do have a bunch of baculites from shelter, also found a complete shrimp at shelter!!! To my knowledge it has been the only one found there! Also found a very worn neo, but its nothing special. I'm kinda curios who you are, Do you know many people in the VIPS. I lived on the island for ten years, maybe we know each other?! I've been to hornby a few times, have a nice nostoceras (without the living chamber), several archeopas (excuse the spelling) crabs, baculites, some beautiful snails etc. I also have a nice crab from shelter thats left claw is bigger than the right, instead of the usual other way around. Not sure what % of the longi's are like that, do you have any idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Bone Digger Yes I am in Comox and have collected lots on the island. I do know the VIPS guys and went to Escalante with them 2 years ago GREAT trip.There is a callianasid from Shelter Point described in Cretaceous and Eocene Decapod Crustaceans from Southern Vancouver Island 2003. Neocallichirus manningi I am sure we met at Shelter Point a few summers ago and you told me you were originally from the Island but moved to Alberta I am sure not many Longi's are leftys I do have one with a bump from a parasite on its carapace! My avatar is one of the Megakkos crabs from Escalante I just spent the long weekend on Hornby Send me a PM if your into trading Fossisle Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 Hey Bone digger dude. I wish I could have been there at shelter point with you guys. If I ever find that double, I will post some photos. But hey, by any chance do you still know 'skip', that fellow that went fossil hunting with us. If so, I want to get intouch with him. Nice crab. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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