GIANT CRAB OR DEEP-SEA CRAB Tumidocarcinus giganteus Origin: New Zealand, North Canterbury, Waipara Basin Miocene, around 20 million years 25 x 16 x 12 cm Provenance: Swiss private collection The giant crab or deep-sea crab, Tumidocarcinus giganteus, is five times the size of the modern purple crab and lived in the Miocene seas of New Zealand, on the coastal stretch of Glen Afric Beach, near Waipara. A special feature of this species is the different size of the two claws. The right pincer was much bigger than the left one. In males it could even be twice as large and was probably used for fighting, feeding and also to attract female crabs. This large fossil, originally embedded in a spherical boulder and thus preserved perfectly, seems to be frozen in motion with its pincers raised and its feet shuffling, as if it would continue on its way at any moment. RIESENKRABBE Tumidocarcinus giganteus Neuseeland, North Canterbury, Waipara Basin Mioz?n, um 20 Millionen Jahre 25 x 16 x 12 cm Provenienz: Swiss Private Collection Die Riesenkrabbe oder Tiefseekrabbe, Tumidocarcinus giganteus, ist fünfmal so gross wie die moderne Purpurkrabbe und lebte in den mioz?nen Meeren Neuseelands, am Küstenabschnitt Glen Afric Beach, nahe Waipara. Besonderes Merkmal dieser Krabbenart ist die unterschiedliche Gr?sse der beiden Scheren. So war die rechte Zange um einiges gr?sser als die linke. Bei den M?nnchen konnte sie gar doppelt so gross ausfallen und diente vermutlich zum K?mpfen, zur Nahrungsaufnahme und ebenso um Krabbenweibchen anzulocken. Das ursprünglich in einem kugelf?rmigen Felsen eingebettete und dadurch perfekt erhaltene grosse Fossil scheint mit seinen erhobenen Zangen in der Bewegung konserviert, als würde es jeden Moment seinen Weg fortsetzen.
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