Description

Middle Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Hajoula, Lebanon

Very large 123mm (4.75 inch) horseshoe crab on 170mm x 144mm slab (5.75 x 6.5 inch).

Crustacean, Xiphosuran

Horseshoe crabs aren’t actually crabs.  They are more closely-related to spiders and scorpions.  Some collectors try to find examples of them from different points in their history.  This is a nice one from the Cretaceous of Lebanon about 95-100 million years old.