Australian fossil crab ("Torynomma quadrata") Books about evolution part of the Museum's prehistoric

part of the Museum's prehistoric flora range

providing clear insights into the study and discovery of these ancient remains

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Australian fossil crab ("Torynomma quadrata") Books about evolution part of the Museum's prehistoricTorynomma quadrata (Square Crustacean Crab) is an extinct marine arthropod from Australias Cretaceous inland seas. This species is dated to approximately 95104 million years ago (Cretaceous) and is known from the Allaru Formation at Currane Station, Ilfracombe, Central West Queensland. The specimen represents a benthic crustacean that lived on or near the sea floor within the warm shallow waters of the Eromanga Sea system. Originally described in 1953