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A rare EXTRA LARGE, Top Quality Edmontosaurus annectens hoof core (toe or pes ungual) from the late Cretaceous of North America. An August Fossil of the Month. Edmontosaurus is a very large hadrosaur or "duck-bill" dinosaur found in the Hell Creek formation. This is a toe hoof core from a massive Edmontosaurus. It is from the center toe - toe III. The largest one that I have seen! The Edmontosaurus was bipedal and had much larger feet relative to hands. Bone quality is excellent. No repair or restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Dawson Co. Montana. A rare collector's quality Edmontosaurus pes hoof core.  Authenticity guaranteed. These extra large hoof cores are always extremely difficult to find! Weighs more than 1.5 pounds.

DH42 BoP       SIZE: 4-3/4" x  5-1/2"  (wide)  &  2-3/8" (thick)

Note - Adding 7 Edmontosaurus toe bones / claws in August 2021.       Link to Edmontosaurus fossils catalog

A High Quality Edmontosaurus annectens lower jaw section from the late Cretaceous of North America. Edmontosaurus is a very large hadrosaur or "duck-bill" dinosaur found in the Hell Creek formation. They possessed ~300 teeth that were in columns of five teeth each which acted as conveyor belt to maintain a large chewing surface to cut and grind their food. This specimen is a section of the lower jaw showing the grooves where the columns of teeth were positioned. Bone quality is very good. No restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Carter Co., Montana. An excellent collector's quality Edmontosaurus jaw section.  Authenticity guaranteed.

DH34        SIZE: 2-1/2" x 1-7/8"    

Note - Adding 5 Edmontosaurus jaw sections in August 2021.       Link to Edmontosaurus fossils catalog

A High Quality Edmontosaurus annectens lower jaw section from the late Cretaceous of North America. Edmontosaurus is a very large hadrosaur or "duck-bill" dinosaur found in the Hell Creek formation. They possessed ~300 teeth that were in columns of five teeth each which acted as conveyor belt to maintain a large chewing surface to cut and grind their food. This specimen is a small section of the lower jaw showing two grooves where the columns of teeth were positioned. Bone quality is very good. No restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Powder River Co., Montana. An excellent collector's quality Edmontosaurus jaw section.  Authenticity guaranteed.

DH36        SIZE: 1-13/16"    

Note - Adding 22 Edmontosaurus bones / claws in April 2024.       Link to Edmontosaurus fossils catalog

An EXTRA LARGE, Top Quality Notidanodon loozi  lower jaw tooth from the phosphate mines of Khouribgha, Morocco. A fantastic Cow shark tooth from the Paleocene period. A super collector's tooth! This an unusually large tooth with a 1-7/16' height. Incredible color and luster. Root corner reattached. This is typical good quality for a large Notidanodon tooth. Near perfect tooth! Authenticity guaranteed.   

M643        SIZE: 2"  (1-7/16" height)

Note - Adding 12 new Moroccan Notidanodon teeth in October 2023 ->  Link to Notidanodon Teeth 

An EXTRA LARGE, very rare, Top Quality Parotodus benedeni  tooth with a massive root from the Summerville, So. Carolina. A Miocene-Pliocene age tooth from the Hawthorne Fm. Nice tan color. Lateral tooth. Good quality enamel . Root is complete, thick (3/4"), nicely articulated, and a typical hydration crack. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A very difficult tooth to locate from a rare location.

SC864              SIZE: 2-3/4"

Adding 15 So. Caroilna Parotodus benedeni teeth in May 2025.  ->   Link to SC Parotodus benedeni teeth.

A "Flying" TOP QUALITY Walliserops trifurcatus trilobite, the "trident Comura".  A November Fossil of the Month and one of the collector's favorite spiny trilobites. Walliserops trifurcatus is an unusual looking species with three rows of of spines run down its back and a trident-like fork extending from the front of the cephalon. The preparation is German controlled with all original colors and no restoration. Exceptional completeness and preservation. Great natural black shell with excellent luster. The bottom of this trilobite has been cleaned out and it sits on an 1" matrix pedestal. A very difficult species to prepare. Excellent shell and spine preservation. Compound eyes are very good. Good size. A rare species! One of the ultimate Middle Devonian (380 mya) spiny trilobite from the Foum Zguid, Morocco. Authenticity guaranteed. One of my favorite spiny trilobites!  Museum Quality.  On Hold

XM06          Size: 3-1/4"  x  1-1/4"

Adding 9 top quality Devonian age Moroccan trilobite species.  -->  Link to Moroccan Trilobites.

A GEM, EXTRA LARGE anterior Otodus tooth with an excellent golden tan color and a white root. Knife-like edges and tip! A massive, thick root.  No repair! Incredible color! Exceptional size and quality. Museum grade.

M002           SIZE: 3-7/16"

An EXTRA LARGE, ultra rare Top Quality Hexanchus casieri, Six-gill Cow shark, tooth from Zheltaur, Kazakhstan. This lower jaw tooth has 10 primary cusps. An Eocene (Priabonian), Adaj Fm. Cow shark species. The Kazakh Hexanchus casieri  teeth are quite rare and excellent examples are hard to locate. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. Perfect tooth. Old collection material. The Hexanchus teeth from Kazakhstan shark teeth were never commercially available!

K465          SIZE: 5/8"

Note - Adding 18 Rare Kazakh Hexanchus & Heptranchias  teeth in June 2023.    Kazakhstan Hexanchus teeth Catalog

An EXTRA LARGE, Very Rare, HIGH QUALITY Carcharias dominguei tooth from Hornby Island, British Columbia, Canada. This is a newly named species from the Late Cretaceous deep water Northumberland Formation deposit. The crown is complete, one side cusp, and root is complete. Good quality enamel. No repair. A very difficult tooth to locate and an excellent collector's tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. This incredible specimen is from a 20 year old collection.

CD06              SIZE: 11/16"

Note - Adding 64 Hornby Island deep water shark teeth.    ->   Link to Hornby Island shark teeth.

A LARGE well prepared, Phacops speculator  trilobite. A very nice specimen with good detail and completeness. It is nicely prepared for a perfect display. Compound eyes. A Middle Devonian (380 mya) trilobite from the Djebel Issoumour area, Atlas Mts., Morocco. Authenticity guaranteed. 

XM21        Size: 2-1/8"  (1-1/8" wide)

Adding 6 quality Moroccan trilobites in November 2022.      Link to Moroccan trilobites.

An incredibly sized, GEM Great White shark tooth from Chile. Another December 2017 Fossil of the Month.This ULTRA RARE, MONSTER sized Great White tooth measures ~2-3/4" - a huge upper jaw PRINCIPAL ANTERIOR tooth. Highest quality enamel! Excellent color. The serrations are exceptional with an excellent tip serration. Incredible, large "gum line". Extra wide root. This was a big shark. Exceptional preservation - note the preserved nutrient hole on the root. Absolutely no repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. The PERFECT BIG Chilean Great White tooth. My finest remaining exceptionally large tooth. You won't see these big, top quality GW teeth any more. The BEST of the BEST!

C1201          Size: 2-11/16" (2" W)

A RARE, EXTRA LARGE Top Quality Megachasma tooth, the Megamouth shark, from the Bahia Iglesa Fm., Chile. A May Fossil of the Month.The Megamouth shark is a very rare and exotic fossil shark tooth since it is rarely found in the fossil record. Megachasma teeth are one of the scarce and well preserved fossils that are unique to the Caldera Basin site in Chile! The best size and quality tooth available. Late Miocene age. An exceptional and rare collector's tooth! Authenticity guaranteed. The BEST!

C552            Size: 7/8"   (Base  7/16" x 5/8")

Note - Adding 8 new Chilean Megachasma teeth in May 2021 -> Link to Megachasma teeth