FOSSILS SPECIMEN: CRUSTACEANS
Fossils are defined as any evidenceĀ of prehistoric life. There are two types of fossils: Body Fossils include remains of skeletal bones, shell, carapace, test and teeth. Trace Fossils are clues the organism existed such as foot prints, tracks, burrows and coprolites (fossil dung).
Arthropoda meaning “jointed foot” are classified as within the Domain: Eukarya, Kingdom: Animalia and Phylum: Arthropoda. This group includes ants, bees, butterflies, dragonflies, millipedes scorpions, spiders, crabs and lobsters. To see my arthropod models click here and for modern crustaean shells click here.
Kingdom: Animalia – Phylum: Arthropoda: Subphylum: Crustacea
(shrimp, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, and crawfish)
Cambrian to Holocene

Fossil Shrimp Antrimpos speciosus
Upper Jurassic (155 MYA)
Solnhofen Limestone, Eichstatt, Germany

Fossil Shrimp Carpopenaeus sp.
Upper Cretaceous (~94 MYA)
Hjoula, Lebanon

Crustacean Burrow in Limestone Matrix
Lower Cretaceous
Uvalde, Texas, United States

Crustacean Burrow
Cretaceous
Hill Country, Texas

Crustacean Burrow
Cretaceous
High Island, Texas

Crustacean Burrow
Eocene
Stone City Formation, Bryan, Texas

Crustacean Crab Carapace
(Ventral View)

Crustacean Crab Claws
(Four differnt idivisuals)

Crusteacean Crab Limbs

Crab Carapace
Lower Cretaceous
Kerrville County, Texas

Fossil Barnacles on matrix
Cenozoic

Fossil Barnacles
Cenozoic

Crustaceans Barnacle
Pleistocene
Florida, United States

Crustaceans Barnacle
Pleistocene
Florida, United States