Australian fossil crab ("Torynomma quadrata") Vase brown and black oxides create

brown and black oxides create a stunning tapestry upon the still-wet canvas

Around 50 million years ago

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Australian fossil crab ("Torynomma quadrata") Vase brown and black oxides createTorynomma quadrata (Square Crustacean Crab) is an extinct marine arthropod from Australias Cretaceous inland seas. This species is dated to approximately 95104 million years ago (Cretaceous) and is known from the Allaru Formation at Currane Station, Ilfracombe, Central West Queensland. The specimen represents a benthic crustacean that lived on or near the sea floor within the warm shallow waters of the Eromanga Sea system. Originally described in 1953