maxfossil Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hello to everyone, someone known to this crab? comes from the Wasinghton St. I think it genus Minohellenus but does not know the species. Thanks. P.S. Sorry for my English! But do not speak very well. http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pool Man Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Welcome to the forum! Nice crab! I couldn't tell you anything about it, but I'm sure someone here will. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hello to everyone, someone known to this crab? comes from the Wasinghton St. I think it genus Minohellenus but does not know the species. Thanks. P.S. Sorry for my English! But do not speak very well. Dan thanks Dan for interest! Are not very expert of the forum I hope you will forgive me for any mistakes. http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Hello to everyone, someone known to this crab? comes from the Wasinghton St. I think it genus Minohellenus but does not know the species. Thanks. P.S. Sorry for my English! But do not speak very well. Ciao Maxfossil, your crab could be assigned to: Maeandricampus triangulum Rathbun, 1926 (Ex-Portunites, Rachiosoma, Minohellenus) ] according Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 now is Maeandricampus You can compare it with those ones : http://mbfossilcrab.multiply.com/photos/al...inesque_1815#14 Even you can see some differences, I thin that is due at the size, the bigger sizeds they have less marked the brabchial ridge and their lateral spine is not so longer than the little size like the mines. In any cas, you have a very good crab, congratulations http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Are not very expert of the forum I hope you will forgive me for any mistakes. Of course! Please do not be shy, and welcome to the Forum! "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...
mommabetts Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Welome to the forum, and you hve a very nice crab. MB is very knowledgeable on crabs, if anyone would know it is MB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossisle Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Yes a very nice crab which is prepped nicely for a good display!!! Cephalopods rule!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Of course! Please do not be shy, and welcome to the Forum! Thanks for encouragement! http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pristiformes Posted November 23, 2008 Share Posted November 23, 2008 Welcome to the forum! Very nice specimen! Looks like MB already pounced on your query with another solid determination! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Ciao Maxfossil, your crab could be assigned to:Maeandricampus triangulum Rathbun, 1926 (Ex-Portunites, Rachiosoma, Minohellenus) ] according Schweitzer and Feldmann 2002 now is Maeandricampus You can compare it with those ones : http://mbfossilcrab.multiply.com/photos/al...inesque_1815#14 Even you can see some differences, I thin that is due at the size, the bigger sizeds they have less marked the brabchial ridge and their lateral spine is not so longer than the little size like the mines. In any cas, you have a very good crab, congratulations Hi MB. Thank you for interest! I read publications PORTUNIDS NEW FOSSILS FROM WASHINGTON ..... of C.E.Schweitzer & R.M.Feldmann J.Paleont.74 (4), 2000, pp.636-653 and NEW EOCENE DECAPODS ..... C. E. Schweitzer & R. M. J. Feldmann of Crustacean Biology 22 (4) ,938-967, 2002. and if I did not understand the Minoellenus triangulum and Maeandricampus triangulum are the same crab! P.S. In Italy we have mutual friends (Riccardo A., Andrea D.A. di Vicenza). http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted November 23, 2008 Author Share Posted November 23, 2008 Welcome to the forum!Very nice specimen! Looks like MB already pounced on your query with another solid determination! Thanks all!!!!!!!! http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted November 24, 2008 Share Posted November 24, 2008 P.S. In Italy we have mutual friends (Riccardo A., Andrea D.A. di Vicenza). Wonderful people ! I were with they the last summer, say hello if you meet they http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted November 24, 2008 Author Share Posted November 24, 2008 Wonderful people ! I were with they the last summer, say hello if you meet they Ok MB will be done!!!! http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 Ok MB will be done!!!! This concretion is from Grays harbor county Washington State in the Lincoln Creek Formation siltstone which is middle to upper Eocene age, roughly 45-38 MYA as is yours. MB is definetly right Maeandricampus triangulum. That particular concretion was found about 687 feet above sea level, I will have to double check that elevation in my records when I can find them. Excellent job prepping that crab! I know first hand how hard these particular concretions are. fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 i just thought of sumpin. you nodule crab guys go out hunting and come home not knowing if you found anything, even if you found a bunch of stuff. conversation'd be like, "so, where you been all day?" "oh, i was out fossil hunting." "cool, did you find anything good?" "don't know, ask me again in a month or two." p.s. - ya'll need to get ready for some competition. i'm moving somewhere where i only find nodules to avoid any more thrill of discovery over what later turns out to be elsie's older sister. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 ...i'm moving somewhere where i only find nodules to avoid any more thrill of discovery over what later turns out to be elsie's older sister. "Elsie's Older Sister" is, IMHO, a better band name than "Cow Nodule". "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...
micropterus101 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 i just thought of sumpin. you nodule crab guys go out hunting and come home not knowing if you found anything, even if you found a bunch of stuff. conversation'd be like, "so, where you been all day?" "oh, i was out fossil hunting." "cool, did you find anything good?" "don't know, ask me again in a month or two."p.s. - ya'll need to get ready for some competition. i'm moving somewhere where i only find nodules to avoid any more thrill of discovery over what later turns out to be elsie's older sister. LOL Tracer, After years of hauling worthless concretions or blanks home you kinda get a knack for spotting blanks and leaving those for somebody else who is just getting started. Depending on the locality I can tell if I have found a crab or a blank with 99.9% to 70% accuracy I have also aquired a knack for being able to tell the crabs orientation within the rock (top, back, front ,bottom. Hell, there isnt even a reason to open them anymore . Now if I could just do that with Nautiloid concs I would be a happy camper. fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjohn835 Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 LOL Tracer, After years of hauling worthless concretions or blanks home you kinda get a knack for spotting blanks and leaving those for somebody else who is just getting started. Depending on the locality I can tell if I have found a crab or a blank with 99.9% to 70% accuracy I have also aquired a knack for being able to tell the crabs orientation within the rock (top, back, front ,bottom. Hell, there isnt even a reason to open them anymore . Now if I could just do that with Nautiloid concs I would be a happy camper. No wonder I have been busting up alot of blanks. Not cool not cool.................. Just kidding, but I admit, they look like round rocks to me. Are these nodules something that might be found in Pa? With rocks in my head, and fossils in my heart.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 12, 2009 Share Posted February 12, 2009 ...Are these nodules something that might be found in Pa? Just S.W. of Smethport on Rt 6, take Bloomster Hollow to the top; there's an old (flooded) strip mine on the right. Surface hunt the area for Mazon Creek type nodules that were excavated with the coal. Mostly they contain plant parts. "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...
maxfossil Posted February 14, 2009 Author Share Posted February 14, 2009 This concretion is from Grays harbor county Washington State in the Lincoln Creek Formation siltstone which is middle to upper Eocene age, roughly 45-38 MYA as is yours.MB is definetly right Maeandricampus triangulum. That particular concretion was found about 687 feet above sea level, I will have to double check that elevation in my records when I can find them. Excellent job prepping that crab! I know first hand how hard these particular concretions are. Hello Jason, thanks for the information and compliments. maybe it's one of yours? I do not remember from whom I have taken! Massimo http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 Hello Jason, thanks for the information and compliments. maybe it's one of yours? I do not remember from whom I have taken! Massimo Yes Maxfossil it was one I collected. At the time I was still calling them Portunities triangulum. I didnt know the name had been changed twice. Also dont know why I said Clallam county is was most definetly Grays harbor county. fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted February 15, 2009 Author Share Posted February 15, 2009 Yes Maxfossil it was one I collected. At the time I was still calling them Portunities triangulum. I didnt know the name had been changed twice. Also dont know why I said Clallam county is was most definetly Grays harbor county. I thought Clallam co., why not save your references. Thanks again because it's really good material. http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted February 15, 2009 Share Posted February 15, 2009 I thought Clallam co., why not save your references. Thanks again because it's really good material. Maxfossil, I also had shrimp fossils available that were from Clallam county I must of messed things up while formating my pages. glad you like fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxfossil Posted February 19, 2009 Author Share Posted February 19, 2009 Maxfossil, I also had shrimp fossils available that were from Clallam county I must of messed things up while formating my pages. glad you like Hi micropterus101, these are the shrimp by Clallam Co., Callianopsis clallamensis? http://maxfossil.multiply.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted February 20, 2009 Share Posted February 20, 2009 Hi micropterus101,these are the shrimp by Clallam Co., Callianopsis clallamensis? Yes maxfosil, in your first picture is the claw of the shrimp Callianopsis Clallamensis (Male). In the second picture you have what is quite rare most of the body of the shrimp, the claw from the male Callianopsis Clallamensis , then the claw of the female Callianopsis Twinensis. Both of these were collected at Twin rivers in the Physt formation dated approxamatly 28 million years old. I have been lucky enough to have collected three nearly complete shrimp out there in 6 years. Unfortunately they were stolen but I hope that I will be lucky enough to find more. here is a link to some more information Callianopsis fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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