Archaeocarabus bowerbanki

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PALINURA Latreille, 1803

PALINUROIDEA Latreille, 1803

PALINURIDAE Latreille, 1802

ARCHAEOCARABUS M'Coy

Archaeocarabus bowerbanki M'Coy, 1849

Archaeocarabus bowerbanki is seldom if ever found complete. The carapace is very thin and fragile. Sometimes phosphatic nodules are found with just a hint of the carapace exposed, but it is impossible to prepare as the fossil is almost always fragmented.
Close up view of the carapace above - an exceptionall well preserved specimen
Nodule showing the frontal part of a large specimen. Notice the thickness of the exoskeleton. The extremely thin exoskeleton preserves rarely