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crabe préhistorique, Harpactocarcinus punctulatus, début Eocène, Bolca Formation, Pesciara di Bolca, province de Vérone, Italie
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3,000 - 4,000 EUR
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Description
- 12 cm x 14 cm x 23 cm ; 4,68 x 5,46 x 8,97 in
Spécimen très rare des bien connus strates calcaires situées près de Vérone, en Italie, sur la frange méridionales des Alpes italiennes. L'extaordinaire préparation en trois dimensions du spécimen présente le crabe parfaitement articulé dans une pose naturelle de combat, pinces ouvertes. Le spécimen est joliment centré sur la matrice de couleur gris-perle. Les dépôts proches de Monte Bolcaze sont formés dans la période de l'Eocène, il y a maintenant approximativement 50 millions d'années, dans une lagune qui a été séparée de la pleine mer par des récifs coralliens. A cette époque régnait un climat tropical et une activité volcanique considérable se produisait aux alentours. Les laves et les cendres ont ainsi recouvert la région environnante. Les gaz volcaniques sont, en outre, montés du fond de la mer en empoisonnant ainsi l'eau réchauffée par les laves. Beaucoup d'organismes marins tels ce crabe ont alors trouvé la mort prématurément et ont été enfouis dans les boues molles des fonds marins . Ces corps se sont, par la suite, progressivement pétrifiés et ont été englobés dans le phénomène d'orogenèse. Les fossiles du début de l'Eocène de Monte Bolca sont connus dans le monde entier pour leur exceptionnelle conservation qui est parfaitement illustrée ici par ce spécimen de crabe.
This wonderful and very rare Crab fossil is from the famous Limestone strata near Verona, Italy, on the southern margin of the Italian Alps. The stunning three-dimensional preparation presents the beautifully articulated crab in a lifelike pose with opened claws. It is nicely centred on the light grey toned shale matrix. The deposits near Monte Bolca were formed during the Eocene period approximately 50 million years ago, in a lagoon which was separated from the open sea by coral reefs. At that time, a tropical climate prevailed and there was considerable volcanic activity. Lava and ash from periodically erupting vulcanoes on the nearby mainland covered the land. Volcanic gasses also rose from the off-shore seabed and poisoned the heated water. Many aquatic organisms, such as this mud crab, came to an untimely end and were buried in the soft mud of the seabed to be covered beneath further sedimentation. Their bodies were progressively petrified eventually to be raised by the phenomenon of orogenesis. The extraordinarily well preserved fossils from Monte Bolca in northern Italy, which date to the early Eocene period are renowned throughout the world.
This wonderful and very rare Crab fossil is from the famous Limestone strata near Verona, Italy, on the southern margin of the Italian Alps. The stunning three-dimensional preparation presents the beautifully articulated crab in a lifelike pose with opened claws. It is nicely centred on the light grey toned shale matrix. The deposits near Monte Bolca were formed during the Eocene period approximately 50 million years ago, in a lagoon which was separated from the open sea by coral reefs. At that time, a tropical climate prevailed and there was considerable volcanic activity. Lava and ash from periodically erupting vulcanoes on the nearby mainland covered the land. Volcanic gasses also rose from the off-shore seabed and poisoned the heated water. Many aquatic organisms, such as this mud crab, came to an untimely end and were buried in the soft mud of the seabed to be covered beneath further sedimentation. Their bodies were progressively petrified eventually to be raised by the phenomenon of orogenesis. The extraordinarily well preserved fossils from Monte Bolca in northern Italy, which date to the early Eocene period are renowned throughout the world.