Scientific Name: Paleonephrops browni
Common Name: lobster

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Age: Cretaceous
(about 85 million years old)
Locality: Montana
Source: Friends of the Geology Museum 1986
Notes: This specimen is partially excavated from the surrounding matrix. It is about 22 cm (9 in) long.


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