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An EXTRA LARGE, Top Quality, Broad-tooth Mako shark tooth from So.Carolina. Commonly referred to as Isurus hastalis, but renamed to Cosmopolitodus hastalis as a Great White shark ancestor. An October Fossil of the Month. Highest quality enamel. A very glossy Blue & Gray colored crown with small hydration cracks. Great color! Exceptional cutting edges with no dings. An exceptional root – very wide and no small hydration cracks. This is one of the widest roots that I have seen with a lower jaw tooth - a BIG Mako shark! Great symmetry. No repair or restoration. An exceptional collector's Mako tooth! Museum Quality. Authenticity guarantee.

SC304 BoP      SIZE: 3"   (2" W)

A Top Quality, Extra Large Sperm whale tooth, Scaldicetus sp., from the ACE river basin, So. Carolina. A Miocene age whale tooth. This tooth has a wonderful spiked enamel crown and a large, nearly complete round root. The tip of the crown has a small natural wear facet - quite common for these teeth. This tooth shows excellent detail - very well preserved. The root is extra wide and nicely articulated. A very well preserved specimen with no river wear! An excellent BIG Sperm whale tooth. You do not see many Sperm whale teeth in Top Quality condition. Authenticity guaranteed.

SC1225            Size: 5-1/16" (1-3/4" W)

An ultra rare, EXTRA LARGE Top Quality Flint River Auriculatus tooth from Georgia. An exceptional upper jaw anterior tooth. A March Fossil of the Month. Fantastic mahogany brown colored crown with a dark brown colored bourlette and root. Highest quality enamel. Exceptional color & preservation. The serrations are large and sharp with a slightly worn tip serration. The root is complete, extra large, and well preserved. It is very hard to find these teeth in perfect condition. No repair. No restoration. An exceptional collector's Georgia Auriculatus tooth! Authenticity guaranteed. Museum Quality. You never see these massive Auriculatus teeth. You gotta love the color!

G401           SIZE: 3-13/16"

An ultra rare, Top Quality Trierarchuncus prairiensis, an Alvarezsaurid dinosaur, hand (manus) claw from the Hell Creek Fm. of SE Montana. Trierarchuncus prairiensis means the "Captian Hook" since they possessed a single claw on each arm. An excellent manus claw with rich brown color and patina. This specimen has incredible preservation - no pitting, nicks or wear. All surfaces are excellent - rare. Note - this claw is missing some of the proximal. A top quality, collector's claw from the Hell Creek of Montana. Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Garfield Co., Montana. Authenticity guaranteed. Note - a gem jar will be included. 

DA31       Size: 3/4"

A Paraconularia crustala, a Conulariid, from Holdenville, Oklahoma. Conulariid, is a genus named for the Latin word conulus or cone. This fossil is shaped like a rectangular cone. The fossil is made up of rows of calcium phosphate rods which is the same material that a fossil shark is made of. This creature was placed Cnidaria phylum in the Animal kingdom, and its relatives include the corals, anemones, and jellyfish. Exceptional preservation. This is a Wewoka Fm., Pennsylvanian Period fossil (300 MYA). Authenticity guaranteed. A very unique display piece! 

Y073         SIZE: 1-7/8"   (3/4" Thick)  

Note - Posting 6 new "Other" fossils in January 2024.    Link to Other Fossils

A rare, EXTRA LARGE Top Quality Auriculatus tooth from the Pamunkey River, Virginia. An exceptional upper jaw anterior tooth. A September Fossil of the Month. An incredible RED colored crown with a black colored bourlette and root. Highest quality enamel. Excellent color & preservation. The serrations are large and sharp with a worn tip serration. The root is complete, extra large, and well preserved. It is very hard to find these teeth in perfect condition. No repair. No restoration. An exceptional collector's Virginia Auriculatus tooth! Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic red site tooth!

VA21 BoP          SIZE: 3-1/4"

Posting 22 scarce Virginia shark teeth in September 2021.     Link to Virginia teeth.

An incredibly preserved, EXTRA LARGE Miocene Gomphotherium molar from Chatham Co., Georgia.  An extinct elephant ancestor that evolved in the Early Miocene and lived through the Pleistocene of North America. This is an unerupted tooth with fantastic cusp detail with no wear. The cusps are 2-1/2" high! Incredible jet black color. Well fossilized. Weighs 6.1 lbs. No damage. No repair. Authenticity guaranteed. An exceptional display piece which comes with the custom steel stand as shown.  Note: international supplemental shipping cost will be calculated. Please request quote.

X603           Size: 7-1/2"  x  3" Wide   ;  Height on stand  = 6" 

Name: Gomphotherium

Age:  Miocene

Location: Chatham Co., Georgia

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)

Two well preserved horse teeth (Equus sp. ) and a deer tooth (Odocoileus sp.) from Okeechobee, Florida.  The horse arrived in North America during the late Pliocene and became extinct at the end of the Pleistocene. Deer arrived in No. America in the mid-Miocene. These teeth reside on their original hard sandstone matrix. Lots of prep time required to expose these teeth. Very well fossilized specimens. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A great display piece!

XH13        Size: 3-1/2"  (horse) ; 15/16" (deer) ; Matrix size: 5-1/4" x 4-1/2"

Name: Equus sp. & Odocoileus sp.

Age:  Pleistocene

Location: Okeechobee,  Florida

Note - Posting 13 horse fossils in April 2024.     Link to Horse Fossils

A Top Quality Machaeroprosopus (phytosaur) vertebra. Machaeroprosopus is an extinct genus of mystriosuchin leptosuchomorph phytosaur from the Late Triassic of the southwestern United States. The genus was previously refered to as Pseudopalatus. The vertebra bone quality is excellent with great color and patina. Minor crack fill. No restoration. A complete vertebra legally collected on private land in the Bull Canyon Formation, Quay Co., New Mexico. Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic collector's quality phytosaur vertebra. This specimen comes complete with a custom steel diplay stand as shown.  Note - this specimen weighs 1.5 pounds and an international shipping supplement is required.

PHYT1        SIZE: 5-3/4" high x 5-1/2" wide x 1-5/8' length" (Height on stand = 7.5")

An ultra rare Top Quality Struthiomimus altus hand (manus) claw from the late Cretaceous of North America. An August Fossil of the Month.  An adult Struthiomimus  claw. Struthiomimus is a long legged, bipedal, toothless dinosaur found in the Hell Creek formation. The Struthiomimus means "ostrich mimic" which best describes this species. Exceptional bone quality and color. The claw is complete with no damage. Excellent bone preservation. No repair or restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Bowman Co., So. Dakota. An excellent collector's quality Struthiomimus manus claw.  Authenticity guaranteed. You rarely see a Struthiomimus manus claw without significant restoration. This is a good one!

DS16 BoP       SIZE: 3""   (9/16" wide)

Link to Struthiomimus fossils catalog

A rare Top Quality Psittacosaurus  skull from the late Cretaceous of northern China. An October Fossil of the Month. Psittacosaurus is a genus of extinct ceratopsian dinosaur from the Early Cretaceous of what is now Asia, existing between 125 and 105 million years ago. This is a great skull with excellent detail preserved and good color & patina. There is a small amount of crack fill. Albian age (120 MYA) .Legally collected Nei Mongol Zizhiqu, China.  Authenticity guaranteed. This skull comes with a display stand as imaged. Note - This skull iweighs ~2 lbs . An international shipping supplement will apply. Dinosaur skulls are extemely rare to find.

PSIT1         SIZE: 4-1/2" long x 5" width x  3-7/8" Height   (Height on stand = 4-7/8")