Search results for: 'Ande'

A LARGE Aulophyseter, sperm whale, tooth with long root from the Sharktooth Hill area, near Bakersfield, California. Excellent preservation and gorgeous color. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. An excellent specimen. 

ST933              SIZE: 2-1/16"

A very rare, High Quality Otodus auriculatus, an early Giant White shark, tooth from the phosphate mines of Hahotoe, Togo. Very good color and preservation. This tooth is Lutetian age (45 MYA), lower middle Eocene. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. An extremely rare Auricularus tooth. I have only seen five of them.

TG001         SIZE: 2-5/16"

Note - Adding 117 shark teeth from Togo in March 2022.    Link to Togo Shark Teeth 

Holmsella sp.; an  Extinct Primitive shark

A very rare shark skin specimen. This matrix piece is covered with dermal denticals. Shark skin impressions with denticals are extremely rare and a Paleozoic age find adds to the rarity. An exceptional collector's piece from an old collection!

Age: Pennsylvanian (295 mya) ; Dennis Fm.

Location: Hansen Quarry, La Platte, Nebraska

Z143         SIZE: 5-1/2"  x  4"

Holmsella sp.; an  Extinct Primitive shark

A very rare shark skin specimen. This matrix piece is covered with dermal denticals. Shark skin impressions with denticals are extremely rare and a Paleozoic age find adds to the rarity.  An exceptional collector's piece from an old collection!

Age: Pennsylvanian (295 mya) ; Dennis Fm.

Location: Hansen Quarry, La Platte, Nebraska

Z144            SIZE: 4" x 2-1/2"

An EXTRA LARGE, TOP QUALITY Dolphin ear bone (periotic bone) from the Bahia Iglesa Fm. of central Chile. A periotic bone from a large dolphin species. Gorgeous color and preservation. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A near perfect periotic bone.

C942        Size: 2-1/4" wide x 2" height

Note - Adding 32 Dolphin teeth / ear bones in March 2025.  Link -> Chilean Dolphin fossils

A TOP QUALITY, Penguin or bird skull from the Bahia Iglesa Fm. of central Chile.  The matrix piece has up to three bird skull sections exposed. Great color and preservation. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A mystery matrix block....

C773        Size: 1-1/2" skull section  ;  Matrix block  is 3" x 1-3/4"

Note - Adding 16 Penguin fossils in March 2025.  Link -> Chilean Bird fossils

A MUSEUM QUALITY Satericthys sp. fish. This Satericthys sp. is 2-1/8"+ in length. Incredible detail. Excellent preservation and incredible preparation. This is a Cretaceous specimen from Taouz, Morocco. Rare specimen! A top quality collector's piece.

MX483           SIZE:  2-1/8"+

A very rare, Top Quality Parotodus benedeni lateral tooth with a massive root from the St. Mary's River, Georgia. A Miocene age tooth from the Hawthorne Fm. An August Fossil of the Month. An incredible red colored tooth! Highest quality enamel with sharp edges and a sharp tip! Root is massive,complete, nicely articulated, and has essentially no hydration crack. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A very difficult tooth to locate from a loction that produces few Parotodus teeth. You never see top quality Parotodus teeth from the St. Mary's River! This is a very old collection piece.

G153          SIZE: 2-5/16" 

Note - Adding three rare Georgia Parotodus teeth in August 2021.    Link to Parotodus teeth.

An excellent Aetomylaeus sp., an Eagle ray, mouth plate from Caldera area of Chile. An excellent plate of pavement teeth from the lower jaw. This plate has exceptional preservation, gorgeous brown color, and exceptionally clean.  Note - the bottom surface of this specimen is fully exposed.  An incredible late Miocene Eagle ray mouth plate from the Bahia Inglesa Fm.  Authenticity guaranteed.

C954        SIZE: 1-1/16"  (7/8" W)

An excellent "symphyseal" Pathologic Otodus obliquus tooth from the Khouribga phosphate mining area of Morocco. This pathologic tooth is complete with a compressed and distorted crown! A very strange pathology. Complete tooth. No repair or restoration.  Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic collector's tooth.

M056P           SIZE: 1-3/16" x 1-1/4" wide

Note - Adding 18 Otodus obliquus teeth in November 2023  ->  Link to Otodus obliquus teeth

A Top Quality,  exceptional "split & twisted tip" Otodus obliquus tooth from the Khouribga phosphate mining area of Morocco. This pathologic tooth is divided into three sections and twisted! A very difficult pathology to locate. Complete tooth. No repair or restoration! Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic collector's tooth.

M060P           SIZE: 1-5/16"

Note - Adding 14 Otodus obliquus teeth in November 2022  ->  Link to Otodus obliquus teeth

A very rare, early Otodus aksuaticus upper jaw, lateral tooth from Kzil-Orda, Kazakhstan. A transitional tooth leading to O. auriculatus (see detailed discussion below) which leads to Megalodon. A July Fossil of the Month. The bourlette is complete. This tooth exhibits small serrations along the lower 1/3 of the crown and micro serrations to the tip. These teeth exhibit excellent color, gloss, and preservation. A rare, early (Ypresian) Eocene Auriculatus transition tooth.  A very challenging tooth to find when building a Megalodon evolutionary set! No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. This western Kazakhstan site is one of the few places in the world where the Otodus obliquus to Otodus auriculatus transition can be found in adjacent geologic layers. 

K547         SIZE: 1-15/16"

Note - Adding 24 Kazakh Auriuclatus or transition teeth in July 2024. -->  Link to Kazakh Auriculatus teeth.