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FS332 Ghost Shrimp Pincer

3.0 cm. Long x 1.5 cm. Wide x 0.5 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Arthropoda, Malacostraca, Decapoda, Thalassinidae, Protocallianassa, mortoni

Description: The partial pincer of a callianassid shrimp (a ghost shrimp) - most likely Protocallianassa mortoni, found in a stream in New Jersey.

Age: Cretaceous Period

Location Found: United States, New Jersey, Big Brook

Found by: stooth58

Custodian: stooth58

Identified by: Carl Mehling

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