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ARTHROPOD FOSSIL
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-SEDIMENTARY;
- Description
- Small light-beige colored shale has a thin rusty orange colored line on one side of fossil and a side view imprint of a Gerridae or water strider insect in a dark brown color. The imprint has a visible thorax with long legs and feelers on its head.
- Other Names
- WATER STRIDERS
- GERRIDAE
- Category
- ROCKS AND MINERALS
- Sub-Category
- ROCKS,SEDIMENTARY-FOSSILS
- Description
- Small light-beige colored shale has a thin rusty orange colored line on one side of fossil and a side view imprint of a Gerridae or water strider insect in a dark brown color. The imprint has a visible thorax with long legs and feelers on its head.
- History Of Use
- Arthropods are the largest phylum of animals which include insects, spiders, scorpions, crustaceans, millipedes, centipedes and several extinct groups. In most athropods, the body is divided into a head, thorax and abdomen.
- Material
- MINERAL/ROCK-SEDIMENTARY;
- Width
- 3
- Length
- 4.5
- Depth
- 0.2
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Accession No.
- 1974.0106.0018.1
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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