Archaeocarabus
bowerbanki
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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
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Nodule
showing the frontal part of a large specimen. Notice the thickness of
the exoskeleton. The extremely thin exoskeleton preserves rarely
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