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.6" Fossil Shrimp (Essoidea) - Illinois
This is a .6" fossil shrimp (Essoidea), preserved in an ironstone nodule, from the Carbondale Formation near Essex, Illinois.
Essoidea was likely a filter feeder and one of the smallest shrimp know from these formations.
Essoidea was likely a filter feeder and one of the smallest shrimp know from these formations.
SPECIES
Essoidea epiceron
AGE
LOCATION
Essex, Illinois
FORMATION
Carbondale Formation
SIZE
.6" shrimp, 1.0 x 1.0" nodule
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#120975
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