Antrimpos speciosus, Solnhofen shrimp Deinonychus from the early Jurassic period

from the early Jurassic period

and occurrence on the same bedding planes as certain distinctive Ediacaran taxa

Holophagus penicillatus

�sow bugs�

Antrimpos speciosus, Solnhofen shrimp Deinonychus from the early Jurassic periodThis is a beautiful replica of Antrimpos speciosus. Antrimpos speciosus was a large Eucarid (shrimp) from the lithographic limestone beds of Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. (Late Jurassic 160 140 million years ago) These limestone beds are the result of a series of islands and shallow lagoons. The fine grained sediments in these lagoons produced nearly flawless remains of plant and animals which fell into or were washed into them as well as some of their