Green River Formation fossil, Fossil Butte National Monument, 2016.
Crayfish lived in the shallow, near-shore water of Fossil Lake and are known only from Eocene lake deposits. The closest living relative of Procambarus is Austrocambarus, found in Mexico. This Procambarus primaevus specimen is approximately 5-cm long.
U.S. National Park Service
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