#Fossils of Giant Crab Unearthed in New Zealand
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/pseudocarcinus-karlraubenheimeri-12737.html

A new #SouthernGiantCrab from a #miocene continental slope palaeoenvironment at #Taranaki, #NewZealand https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00288306.2024.2314472

"The Miocene of New Zealand supported two species of #GiantCrab... food sources, metabolic conditions & calcium-carbonate supply were favourable for these species... Tumidocarcinus became #extinct by the end of the Miocene; Pseudocarcinus is currently known only from Australian waters"