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CRAB SPIDER




                    Age: 45 million years old

                    Size: amber: 17 millimeters (0.6 in) by 8 millime-
                    ters (0.03 in) across; spider: 5 millimeters (0.1 in)

                    Location: Baltic, Kaliningrad, Russia

                    Period: Eocene

                    Spiders, of which this specimen resembles a crab,
                    have some 2,000 different species. The crab spider
                    in this amber is 45 million years old and identical
                    to contemporary crab spiders.








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