AN ANCIENT CRAB.
A fossilised crab (Xanthopsis nodosa, Leach), probably more than 50,000,000 years old, has been Unearthed during excavation work on the Highgate Tube extension, London. The fossil was discovered, says the annual report of London Transport, at a. depth of approximately 86ft. in the London clay of the Eocene period -—the earliest of the four divisions of the tertiary era. It is not possible to give anything like an accurate age estimate, it is stated, hut calculations suggest that the London clay was pro-b-ihlv deposited some §0,000,000 or 60,000,000 years ago.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 21, 22 December 1937, Page 5
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93AN ANCIENT CRAB. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 21, 22 December 1937, Page 5
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