Fossil reef yields oldest spider crabs ever

Monday, February 4, 2013 - 14:01 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The remains of eight new species of crustaceans, including the oldest known spider crabs that lived 100 million years ago, have been uncovered in a fossil reef in northern Spain, scientists report.

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