Fossil of the crab Avitelmessus grapsoideus Rathbun collected in Lowndes County. This specimen dates to the Maastrichtian age of the Cretaceous, approximately 66 to 72 million years ago.
Fossilized Crab
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Courtesy of the University of Alabama Museums/Alabama Museum of Natural History
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