The hard carapace of exoskeleton and their intertidal habitat make crustaceans such as this shore crab a good prospect for fossilization
The hard carapace of exoskeleton and their intertidal habitat make crustaceans such as this shore crab a good prospect for fossilization
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Location: Scotland, UK
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