Mesolimulus walchi, Horseshoe Crab, large (Replica) Ouranosaurus like the Gulf Coast of

like the Gulf Coast of the United States

perhaps the first evidence of an omnivorous dinosaur

with the older

Megalonyx jeffersonii became the official State Fossil of West Virginia in March

Mesolimulus walchi, Horseshoe Crab, large (Replica) Ouranosaurus like the Gulf Coast ofComing from the famous 150 million year old Jurassic Solnhofen Lithographic Limestone deposits near Eichstatt, Germany, this is a fine replica example of the Horseshoe Crab Mesolimulus walchi. Xiphosura, the horseshoe crabs, are related to the extinct Eurypterids, and more distantly to spiders and scorpions. Their lineage traces back to the Cambrian, and extends to modern times as the genus Limulus. This fossil is of a similar genus known as