Description

Upper Oligocene
Menilite Formation
Outer Carpathians, Krepac, Poland
Extremely rare 10mm amphipod on 70mm shale. First fossil amphipod we have ever seen.
Arthropod,

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

This specimen comes from a site known for deepwater fishes.