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#FossilFriday: Fossil Crab – Tumidocarcinus giganteus – Miocene

by Dragos Mitrica
August 15, 2014
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Via Fossilera.com

Tumidocarcinus giganteus roamed today’s New Zealand in the Miocene. The Miocene  is the first geological epoch of the Neogene period and extends from about 23.03 to 5.332 million years ago. Life in the Miocene was marked by the development of two new biomes, kelp forests and grasslands. This allows for more grazers, such as horses, rhinoceroses,and hippos. Marine wildlife was fairly modern, as depicted by this remarkable fossil

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