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FO500b
This is a very nice and very unique fossilized Ammonite from
Madagascar. The exterior has been ground smooth, polished
to show the suture lines, and the interior shaped into a
functional bowl. The Ammonite has pretty brown and tan
exterior colors with the highly detailed tan suture lines.
The inside of the Ammonite shows the yellow calcite in the
different chambers.
The large specimen measures 8 1/2" x nearly 7 3/8" x 1 3/4" thick
and weighs 3 3/4 pounds. Very nice!!
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Ammonite Bowl
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$30.00 |
FO501c
Here is a very nice, above average quality South Dakota Belemnite
specimen. The specimen has many, many distinct Belemnite fossils
throughout the matrix. A view of the edge from the back
shows the size and shape of the Belemnite fossils. The specimen measures
over 7" wide x nearly 5 5/8"
x almost 1 5/8" thick and
has been nicely polished on the face. A
very nice starter fossil or just add it to your collection.
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Belemnites
or Belemnoids are an extinct group of marine Cephalopod which are very similar
to the modern Squid and closely related to the modern Cuttlefish. The
possess an ink sac, but unlike the Squid, they have ten arms of equal length
and no tentacles.
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Belemnite
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$45.00 |
FO502c
This is very nice fossilized Coral specimen from Iowa.
The all natural surface has many genetically identical agatized
coral polyps. This very interesting fossil shows
great character as shown in pictures linked below. This
unique specimen measures nearly 6" x over 5 1/4" tall x
almost 2 7/8" and weighs almost 3 1/2 lbs. A must have for the fossil
collector or an excellent gift for someone!
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Fossil Coral
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$30.00 |
FO503c
Here is something different from the Rock
Shed's gift department. This is a very ornate stand with a very
detailed Geisonoceras Fossil. The
Geisonoceras measures 4 1/2" x nearly 3 5/8" wide. This cool item has a nice
Brown Fossil background
with many more well defined fossils visible. The lovely stand measures
over 3 7/8" wide x 2" x 6 1/2" tall and is highly polished on the
face. A true work of nature and man.
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Orthoceras was a marine cephalopod, this particular species was
straight shelled and they thrived some 400+ million years ago in the
Paleozoic era.
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Geisonoceras Stand
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$140.00 |
FO504b
This is a very nice, above average quality, medium sized Ammonite set
from Madagascar. Each piece measures nearly 7" x almost 5
7/8"
wide x 3/4" thick and has a high polish in the inside. The
outside has been smoothed but not highly polished. This set has a beautiful
Brown color with lighter Gold highlights in the crystallized areas. A great gift or excellent educational tool. Another photo
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Ammonites are extinct members of the cephalopod group of mollusks.
Only a limited number of species have survived to the present day which
includes the squid and the chambered nautilus. Ammonites had a multi-chambered
shell, and added more chambers as it grew, always living in the outer
chamber. They lived in the Cretaceous period some 63 to 130
million years ago.
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Ammonite
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$120.00 |
FO505c
This is a very nice fossil specimen of a natural Geisonoceras fossil from
Morocco. This awesome fossil measures nearly 8" x 6 1/2" x
nearly 1 3/4" and weighs over 3 3/4 lbs. The fossil has
great detail showing a distinctive zigzag pattern in the sutures
that mark the growing of the external shell. The specimen is all natural
and not fully removed from the matrix as shown in the linked
pictures below.
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These Moroccan
fossils are among the oldest cephalopods. They were abundant during
the Paleozoic era some 350 MM years ago and now make up the Atlas Mountain
range of central Morocco. There were two Nautiloid forms present in
the Moroccan Devonian sea. The Goniatites is an extinct
relative of the Ammonites, it possessed an external shell, which
is has a spiral form with internal chambers. The
Orthoceras was straight shelled cephalopod with the internal
chambers. They were related to the modern day
chambered nautilus and the squid.
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Geisonoceras
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$50.00 |
FO506c
This is an unique fossilized Baculite specimen from Western
South Dakota. This interesting Baculite fossil with two
sections rests on a
dark limestone matrix. It includes evidence of
where other fossils once were and shows great detail
on all sides. This beautiful longer specimen measures
nearly 6
1/2" long
x almost 1 5/8" x nearly 7/8" thick with the shorter section measuring
2 7/8" long. Overall, the matrix and specimen measures
approximately 6 1/2"
x almost 4 1/8" x 3 7/8" tall and weighs nearly 2 3/4 pounds.
The Baculite sections have been reattached to an original type matrix and this
is reflected in our price. A must have for the serious
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This fossil is a member of the Species Baculites compressus which is
from the Cretaceous Period some 60 million years ago. It is from the Upper
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$25.00 |
FO507b
Wow! Check this new addition to the Rock Shed's gift
department. This is a very nice, above average quality
Orthoceras Fossil Dish. The plate has a
nice Geisonoceras fossil and a good variety of interesting fossils
throughout the balance. This beauty measures almost 6 3/8" x
nearly 5 1/2"
wide x 1" thick.
This highly polished Fossil dish could be used as a mantle piece or wall hanging as
well being functional. Super cool.
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Orthoceras is a genus of extinct Nautiloid Cephalopod. These fossils
are common and have a global distribution which occur in any marine rock,
especially Limestone. These are slender, elongated shells with the middle
of the body chamber transversely constricted and a sub-central
orthochoanitic siphuncle. The surface is ornamented by a network of fine
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FO508c
Here is something different from the Fossil department at the
Rock Shed. This is a very nice, high quality, large
Trilobite fossil in matrix. This interesting fossil actually shows
great detail of the trilobite throughout. The specimen measures
nearly 8 1/4" long x 6 3/8" wide and has a natural,
rough-like texture with no polish. The matrix is both the
specimen and the top that together measure
nearly 10" x 8 1/2" x approximately 2 1/8" thick and
weighs over 8 3/4 pounds. Very
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Trilobites are hard-shelled, segmented members of
Arthropoda and the class Trilobita that existed throughout
almost all of the Paleozoic era, flourishing in the earlier part
of it and slowly declining in the later part. The most common
trilobites were about 2-7 cm (1-3.5 in) in length, but over
their long history they ranged in size from 1 mm-72 cm (.04
in-28 in) and exhibited so much variation that they are
classified into nine (or possibly ten) orders with more than
15,000 species. The smallest species are presumed to have been
part of the free floating plankton, while the more common,
mid-sized species probably walked along the sea floor filtering
mud to obtain food, and the larger varieties may have been
swimming predators.
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Large Trilobite in Matrix
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$18.00 |
FO510c
This is very nice and quite large fossilized Turtle poop
or coprolite specimen from
Madagascar. This unique specimen measures 3 1/4" long x 1 3/4" over 1
3/8" and
has an all natural appearance. This very
interesting fossil shows great detail as shown in pictures linked
below. A must have for the serious fossil collector!
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Fossil Turtle Poop
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$65.00 |
FO511c
This fossilized Lobster is from Gunn Point in Darwin Northern Territory,
Australia. It was formed after the area was catastrophically buried by
an intense cyclone, with Mangrove trees in Calcium rich mud. This particular
specimen, although not complete is well preserved and measures 4" x 2"
x 1 3/4". It would make a great addition to any fossil collection.
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Lobster
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$160.00 |
FO512b
Here is something different from the Rock Shed's fossil department.
This is a very well preserved, above average quality
Crinoid specimen. It measures 12
1/4" x 9 1/4" wide x nearly 1 1/2" thick and has not been polished. The Crinoid
has several very detailed calyx (flowery head) with one having 4 1/2"
of stem attached. Since this was once part of an ancient sea floor
other fossils can be seen from when the specimen was
cut
and prepared for display. Very nice!
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Crinoids, also known as sea lilies or
feather stars, are marine animals that belong to a class of Echinoderms.
They lived in both shallow and deep water. They are characterized
by a mouth on the top surface that is surrounded by feeding arms.
Crinoids usually have a stem used to attach themselves to a substrate, but
many live attached only as juveniles and become free-swimming as adults.
There are only a few hundred known modern forms, but crinoids were much
more numerous both in species and numbers in the past. Some thick Limestone
beds dating to the mid- to late-Paleozoic are entirely made up of disarticulated
crinoid fragments.
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Crinoid
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FO513c Here is
a very nice, above average quality Ammonite specimen from Germany. The detailed specimen measures 2"
wide x 1 3/4" and is in it's all natural state. A view of the
exterior shows evidence of a shell in the matrix rock. Overall, the
fossil is nearly 4" x almost 3 1/4" x nearly 2 5/8". A very nice unique
fossil for your collection.
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Ammonites are extinct members of the cephalopod group of mollusks.
Only a limited number of species have survived to the present day which
includes the squid and the chambered nautilus. Ammonites had a multi-chambered
shell, and added more chambers as it grew, always living in the outer
chamber. They lived in the Cretaceous period some 63 to 130
million years ago.
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Ammonite
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FO514b
This is a nice fossil shark's tooth in matrix. Its specie name is
Otodus Obliquus; also known as a Sand Shark and is from the
Eocene period. The shark tooth is in matrix and measures nearly
1 7/8" long diagonally x 1 1/4" wide and is from Madagascar. The total specimen
measures nearly 3 3/4" x 3 1/8" x 1 3/4" thick.
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Sand Shark or Otodus obliquus – (the Great Grandfather of the
Megalodon) is one of the earliest mackerel sharks. These teeth are
noted for their wide triangular crown and large side cusps
(occasionally multiple side cusps). The Otodus obliquus was the king
of the early Eocene, approximately 50-55 million years ago. These
large teeth are very showy, making them a must have for every fossil
shark teeth collection. Large Otodus obliquus teeth are not easily
located in the phosphate pits in Atlas Mountains of Morocco, but can
still be affordable.
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Sand Shark Tooth
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$180.00 |
FO530b
This is a complete and very nice quality fossil Shark Tooth from the Megalodon Shark.
This excellent specimen measures over 4 1/2" diagonally x
3 1/2"
wide x nearly 1" thick. The
Shark Tooth has grayish colored
enamel and more of dark brown colored root lobe. This is a very
neat fossil specimen for any collection.
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This tooth is from the largest shark ever known to live. The
Carcharocles Megalodon sometimes ranged in size up to 60' in length and
weighed over 52 tons. This huge monster is the largest predatory
fish that ever lived, second only in size to the sperm whale. Fossil
teeth have been found that exceed 7 inches in length. These sharks
lived in the Miocene period some 23 million years ago to the Mid Pliocene
times, 3.6 million years ago. This specimen is from South Carolina.
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Shark Tooth
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