![Burrow filled with structured crustacean coprolites](https://www.areallycrappystory.com/files/styles/8_columns/public/favreinidae-palaxius_decemlunulatus-cover.jpg?itok=4zGnBa-W)
![Various angles of burrow filled with structured crustacean corpolites](https://www.areallycrappystory.com/files/styles/8_columns/public/favreinidae-palaxius_decemlunulatus-views.jpg?itok=OIbOspVQ)
![Microscopic image coprolite ends exposed on burrow surface](https://www.areallycrappystory.com/files/styles/8_columns/public/favreinidae-palaxius_decemlunulatus-micros.jpg?itok=QWqUIajJ)
![Sketch and section view of typical coprolite showing canal shape and structure](https://www.areallycrappystory.com/files/styles/8_columns/public/favreinidae-palaxius_decemlunulatus-1.jpg?itok=FUY6fIxe)
Crustacean Crapola
Fossil Type:
Ichnotaxa:
Location:
Rappahannock River,
Middlesex County
United States
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US
Period:
This cluster of coprolites was found on a beach near the mouth of Middlesex County beach on the Rappahannock River. Decapods (a type of crustacean), such as ghost shrimp and crayfish, produce fascinating rod-shaped fecal pellets containing little canals. The canals can have all different shapes. Each of the pellets in this specimen have 10 crescent-shaped canals. The shape, number and position of the canals fits with the ichnotaxon description for Palaxius decemlunulatus. Say that 10 times fast! Heck, I don't know if I can say it once.
The shape of this specimen suggests the pellets accumulated in a burrow.
Gallery:
Latitude: 40.411136300000
Longitude: -74.358747300000
Longitude: -74.358747300000