Australian fossil crab ("Torynomma quadrata") Necklaces Trace the evolutionary branches and

Trace the evolutionary branches and connections between these ancient creatures

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The concrete surface bears the imprints of latex casts

charting how mammals rose from the ashes of an extinction event to become Earth’s dominant species

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Australian fossil crab ("Torynomma quadrata") Necklaces Trace the evolutionary branches andTorynomma 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