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Name:
Peachocaris strongi
Age: Pennsylvanian
Formation: Carbondale Formation
Location: Braidwood, Illinois
Size: Concretion is 1.65 inches across
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Here is a rare fossil crustacean from a classic location. This is Peachocaris strongi, a shrimp, from the Mazon Creek fauna of Illinois. This famous site (Pit 11) has been closed to collecting for a number of years. The shrimp is well preserved in a siderite concretion. Both halves of the concretion are present, so both part and counterpart are intact. The shrimp exhibits very fine detail - the head, body, and legs of the shrimp are wonderfully displayed - even the antennae and eyes are present. The fossil has very good color and contrast and is almost perfectly centered in the concretion. This is a great example of this rare fossil shrimp from the Coal Age.
This fossil was collected and obtained legally, and is also being sold legally.
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