Description

Upper Oligocene
Menilite Formation
Outer Carpathians, Krepac, Poland

Extremely rare 12mm amphipod on 75mm shale. Only the second fossil amphipod we have ever seen.

Amphipods belong to the Order Amphipoda, a group of crustaceans that live today in freshwater and marine environments – even the deep sea.  Some of them have the common name, “sand fleas.”

This specimen comes from a site known for deepwater fishes.