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Giant Freshwater Crayfish Lived in New Zealand 20 Million Years Ago


Paleontologists have discovered that a tiny molar on mandibles (jaws) of Gondwanan freshwater crayfish has a hard robust apatite layer that may well facilitate fossilization.

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