Image: Lobster, Eryma modestiformis

Lobster, Eryma modestiformis, based on fossil from Germany. Late Jurassic, 150 million years ago.

Illustrator:

Anne Musser

Rights:

© Australian Museum

Additional information

This is one of the earliest true lobsters, a group that first appeared in the Jurassic.

Last Updated: 23 July 2009

Tags true lobsters, crustaceans, Late Jurassic, dinosaur world,