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A Top Quality Auriculatus tooth from Harleyville, So. Carolina. An excellent lateral tooth. A great tan colored crown with a brown colored bourlette, and a tan colored root. Highest quality enamel. Excellent color & preservation. The serrations are large and razor sharp. Two excellent large side cusps. The root is complete and very well preserved. It is very hard to find these teeth in perfect condition. An excellent collector's Harleyville Auriculatus tooth! Authenticity guaranteed. Another prime shark tooth site that is no longer accessible to collectors.

SC417              SIZE: 2-1/2"

Note - Adding 12 Harleyville Auriculatus teeth in July 2022.     Link to the Harleyville Auriculatus teeth.

An ultra rare, top quality 3" Sharktooth Hill Megalodon tooth found near Bakersfield, California. A location that produces very few Megalodon teeth and one of the toughest Megs to locate. A July 2019 Fossil of the Month. This Megalodon tooth remains on the original matrix block which includes three ~3" whale bones - all original as found! Highest quality enamel with a great white color. The serrations are complete with a great tip serration - incredible serrations for a Sharktooth Hill Meg tooth. This is a middle Miocene Meg - very unique!  100% natural. No repair or restoration. You will not see these middle Miocene Sharktooth Hill Megs from Bakersfield, California very often. One of the rarest Megs! Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic Museum Quality display piece that came out of a 25 year old old collection.

ST453  BoP        Size: 3"    (Matrix size:  5-1/2" x 3-1/2" x 4" tall ; weight 2.25 lbs.)

A LARGE, TOP QUALITY Eremotherium laurillardoi sloth tooth from an extinct genus of giant ground sloths from Georgia. This sloth is part the family of largest ground sloths and their teeth are described as "brick-like". The Norh American cousin to Megatherium.  This tooth has excellent preservation and shows little water wear. It's complete with absolutely no restoration or repair. A wonderful Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene display piece from Georgia. Authenticity guaranteed.

X711          SIZE: 2-1/4" x 1-3/4" x 1-3/4"

Note – adding 6 Ground Sloth claws & teeth in December 2022.   Link to Sloth fossils

An EXTRA LARGE, QUALITY, Isurus desori tooth, a Shortfin Mako, from the Meherrin River, No. Carolina. Upper jaw anterior tooth. Excellent copper red color with exceptional gloss. The root shows very nice detail. Absolutely great preservation and condition - extra sharp edges and tip - very clean. Authenticity guaranteed.  Great color!   

NC341         SIZE: 1-7/8"

Note - Adding 3 NC Red I. desori teeth in July 2020.    Link to NC Red I. desori teeth.

A rare, EXTRA LARGE, GEM Quality Anzu wyliei hand (manus) claw from the Hell Creek Fm. of SE Montana. A February Fossil of the Month. Anzu is referred to as the "Chicken from Hell". A fantastic manus claw. This is 1st manus claw which is largest and most robust; often referred as the "thumb". Excellent rich brown color and patina. This specimen has incredible preservation - no pitting, nicks or wear. All surfaces are fantasic - very rare. Note - a small tip area was professionally restored which is typical for most Hell Creek claws. The repair is quite small with the repaired area being 5 mm on the right facing side of the tip. On the left facing side of tip, it is 1-2 mm. This is top quality, collector's claw from the Hell Creek of Montana. Note - 2014 Anzu wyliei description paper attached below. Check out our selection of top quality Anzu wyleii claws! Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Powder River Co., Montana. Authenticity guaranteed. A very special Museum Quality specimen. Note - a Riker display frame will be included. This is one of my finest dinosaur claws that I have had. The BEST!

DA01       Size: 3-11/16" (straightline)    Size: 4-5/8" (curve)   Proximal end height: 1-7/8" 

Note - Adding 6 Anzu wyliei claws in February.      Link to Anzu wyliei claws.

A Top Quality Otodus sokolovi tooth from Harleyville, So. Carolina . Otodus sokolovi is the ancestor of O. auriculatus. An excellent lateral tooth. An excellent BLUE colored crown with a black colored bourlette, and a ligth gray colored root. Highest quality enamel. Excellent color & preservation. The serrations are large and razor sharp. Two large side cusps. The root is complete and very well preserved. It is very hard to find these teeth in perfect condition. An excellent collector's Harleyville O. sokolovi tooth! Authenticity guaranteed. Near perfect tooth. Another well known shark tooth site that is no longer accessible to collectors.

SC412              SIZE: 2-1/2"

Note - Adding 18 Harleyville Auriculatus teeth in March 2025.     Link to the Harleyville Auriculatus teeth.

A TOP QUALITY rare Araucaria mirabilis pine cone cut and polished specimen from Argentina. A June Fossil of the Month. These Jurassic pine cones are exquisite and known for their highy quality and extreme preservation. The internal and external detail are exceptional. Incredible vivid red, orange, charcoal, etc. colors. This specimen is one of my finest cut and polished pine cone specimen in stock and I will not be getting any more as exports have stopped! An incredible cut and polished pine cone specimen. Authenticity guaranteed. Note - new specimen export has stopped for more than 10 years! This is an old collection piece. Best colors and detail.

X310     Size: 2-1/2" x 2-3/16"

Note - Adding 5 rare Argentine pine cone specimens in June 2025.      Link to Pine Cone fossils.

An ultra rare, Top Quality Judith River Nodosaur body spike from the late Cretaceous of North America. AJune Fossil of the Month. The Campanian age Nodosaurs grew to 22 feet and 6000 pounds, and a body covered with this bony armor with body spikes along the edge of the body (see Edmontonia photo). Edmontonia is the named Two Medicine Fm. Nodosaur which is a good proxy to the currently undescribed Judith River Fm. Nodosaur. The bone is excellent quality with excellent color / patina. A complete side armor spike from a large Nodosaur. ~72 MYA. Note - there is less than 10% professional restoration in small areas for aesthetic purposes at the base. Legally collected on private land in the Judith River Fm., Hill Co., Montana. Authenticity guaranteed. An ultra rare collector's quality Ankylosaur body spike. I have only seen two of the spikes available in the market place. Incredibly rare and super cool. It was found in the 1940s!

DK29  BoP       SIZE: 5-1/2"  (Base:  3" x 2-3/8")   

Note - Adding 9 new Ankylosaur - Nodosaur fossils in Juine 2024.    Link to Ankylosaur fossils catalog.

A LARGE, Top Quality Turania andrusovi  (a Sand Tiger shark) tooth from Tushbair, Kazakhstan.  Anterior position. Incredible color and condition. An incredible Eocene (Bartonian) age tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. One of the finest localities for Eocene age shark teeth! You will enjoy the quality of the Kazakh teeth. 

K403        SIZE: 1-1/2"

Note - Adding 15 new Turania teeth in July 2024.   Link to Kazakh Turania teeth.

A LARGE, Top Quality Turania andrusovi  (a Sand Tiger shark) tooth from Tushbair, Kazakhstan.  Anterior position. Incredible color and condition. An incredible Eocene (Bartonian) age tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. One of the finest localities for Eocene age shark teeth! You will enjoy the quality of the Kazakh teeth. 

K402        SIZE: 1-1/2"

Note - Adding 15 new Turania teeth in July 2024.   Link to Kazakh Turania teeth.

A LARGE, Top Quality Turania andrusovi  (a Sand Tiger shark) tooth from Tushbair, Kazakhstan.  Anterior position. Incredible color and condition. An incredible Eocene (Bartonian) age tooth. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. One of the finest localities for Eocene age shark teeth! You will enjoy the quality of the Kazakh teeth. 

K401        SIZE: 1-1/2"

Note - Adding 15 new Turania teeth in July 2024.   Link to Kazakh Turania teeth.

An ultra rare, Top Quality Tyrannosaur toe bone from the late Cretaceous (Campanian) in northern North America. Please note that this toe bone could Albertosaurus, Gorgosaurus or Daspletosaurus - see Detailed Discussion below. This toe bone measures 2-9/16" - an excellent Tyrannosaur toe bone. This could be the last or the next to last digit of the long toe (see Albertosaurus foot photo). The bone is high quality and complete with excellent color. Minor crack fill. No repair or restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Judith River Fm., Hill Co., Montana. Authenticity guaranteed. An excellent rare collector's toe bone. A rare find!

DY33         SIZE: 2-9/16"  (End width: 1-3/4" & 2")

Note - Adding two rare Tyrannosaur toe bones in May 2024.       Link to Tyrannosaur teeth catalog.