Fossil of the Month - Complete Listing

A very rare Top Quality, Allosaurus fragilis tibia. A complete adult tibia on a custom steel stand. A May Fossil of the Month. This Allosaurus tibia measures 32" (36.5" on stand). This is a heavy bone which is 9" wide at top and 9.5" at bottom. Highest quality bone. Great rich dark brown color. Excellent overall condition with some normal crack fill. No restoration. Allosaurus was the apex predator during the late Jurassic. Legally collected on private land in the Morrison Fm., Big Horn Basin, Wyoming. Authenticity guaranteed. Certification of Authentication provided. Museum quality. A special collector's display specimen! Note - International buyers will incur some shipping cost (shipping weight ~45 lbs.).            

DL31         SIZE: 32"   (9.5" wide)  (36.5" height on stand)

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An ultra rare, Top Quality Janassa bituminosa, an extinct primitive shark tooth, from the Paleozoic era in Nebraska. A May Fossil of the Month. Matrix free specimen - complete tooth! Great color. A very well preserved specimen. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. An incredibly rare exceptional collector's tooth!  Note - This tooth is pictured in "A Pictorial Guide to Fossils" by Gerard R. Case; page 239.

Age: Upper Pennsylvanian (295 MYA); Kanwaka Fm.

Location: Cass Co., Nebraska

Z005     SIZE: 1-3/16"

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An ultra rare EXTRA LARGE, Top Quality Orodus sp., an extinct primitive shark tooth, from the Paleozoic era in Oklahoma. A May Fossil of the Month. Matrix free specimen. Great color with the dimples preserved. A very well preserved specimen. No repair or restoration. Note - right two end elements are currently not attached. Authenticity guaranteed. A rare excellent collector's tooth. The largest Orodus tooth that I have seen. A monster sized specimen! 

Age: Upper Pennsylvanian (305 MYA); Nellie Bly Fm.

Location: Seminole Co., Oklahoma

Z006     SIZE: 2-3/4"

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An ultra rare, Top Quality Polyrhizodus sp., an extinct primitive shark tooth, from the Paleozoic era in Kentucky. A May Fossil of the Month. Great color with an incredible rainbow iridescent scene on the crown. A well preserved specimen. No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. An exceptional rare collector's tooth! 

Age: Upper Mississippian (330 MYA); Salem Limestone Fm.

Location: Hardin Co., Kentucky

Z036      SIZE: 13/16"

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A very rare Top Quality, Allosaurus fragilis toe bone (pes digit). A May Fossil of the Month. This Allosaurus toe bone measures 2-7/8". High quality bone. Great rich black-brown color. Excellent overall condition. Normal crack fill with a section of the lower rim of the articulated end rebuilt. Allosaurus was the apex predator during the late Jurassic. Legally collected on private land in the Morrison Fm., Big Horn Basin, Wyoming. Authenticity guaranteed. A rare specimen!  

DL43         SIZE: 2-7/8"   (2-1/8" wide)

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An EXRA LARGE, Top Quality adult Camarasaurus tooth, a late Jurassic sauropod. A May Fossil of the Month. Camarasaurus had robust spoon shaped teeth to tear tough vegetation. The enamel is high quality. Great rich dark brown color. Excellent enamel articulation. No repair or restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Morrison Fm., Bone Cabin Quarry, Como Bluff, Wyoming. Authenticity guaranteed. A rare collector's tooth. Note - a Riker frame display is included.

DL16         SIZE: 2-1/8"   (1" wide)

Note - Adding 6 Jurassic sauropod teeth in May 2022    Link to Sauropod teeth

An ULTRA RARE Top Quality, EXTRA LARGE Tyrannosaurus rex  tooth from a large adult T. rex. An April Fossil of the Month. This Rex crown measures 4-3/4" (straight line) or 5" (on curve) and 1-5/8" wide. The enamel is the high quality. Great brown & black color. A massive extra wide tooth. You can see why this bone crusher is referred to as a "banana tooth". Overall the tooth is excellent quality with crack fill. This is a real 5" tooth. Note - this tooth was found in the spring of 2021 and it was exposed to the winter freeze and thaw cycle which cracked the tooth in to pieces. This tooth was professionally prepared and put back together with missing area filled in. It looks incredible!  T-Rex was the apex during the late Cretaceous with massive teeth capable of crushing its prey. See the detailed description to determine how to tell a real T-Rex tooth! Legally collected on privately deeded land in the Hell Creek Fm., Powder River Co., Montana. Authenticity guaranteed.  Note - a Riker frame is included. This is a BIG high quality collector's tooth. You will rarely see a natural T. rex tooth this size offered for sale. Now you can see why T. rex was the King of the Tyrants! 

DT02 BoP4    SIZE: 4-3/4" (straight line) 5" (on curve)  (Base: 1-5/8" Width x 1-3/8" Height)

Note - Adding 16 T. rex teeth in April 2022.      Link to T. rex teeth --> T. rex teeth

A HUGE, High Quality Aetomylaeus sp., an Eagle ray, mouth plate from Caldera area of Chile. An April Fossil of the Month. An excellent plate of pavement teeth from the lower jaw. This plate has good preservation, light brown color, and is exceptionally clean. Note - the bottom side of this specimen is completely matrix free - rare. An incredibly sized late Miocene Eagle ray mouth plate from the Bahia Inglesa Fm.  Authenticity guaranteed. Unfortunately there are no more teeth coming from this site!

C951        SIZE: 8"  (4-1/2" Wide)

Note - Adding 4 Ray mouth plates in April 2022.  ->  Link to Chilean rays.

An EXTRA LARGE, Top Quality Thescelosaurus neglectus caudal (tail) vertebra chevron from the late Cretaceous of northern North America. A March Fossil of the Month. Thescelosaurus is a mid-sized dinosaur found in the Hell Creek formation. The chevron is the appendage that resides below the tail vertebra that provides structure to the base of the tail. Chevron bones rarely survive and this one is 99% complete - very rare! This bone quality is excellent with excellent color and patina. No repair or restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Powder River Co., Montana. An excellent collector's quality Thescelosaurus vertebra chevron. Authenticity guaranteed. Museum Quality. A rare find!

DI52       SIZE: 6-3/4"  

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A Top Quality Thescelosaurus neglectus caudal (tail) vertebra from the late Cretaceous of northern North America. A March Fossil of the Month. Thescelosaurus is a mid-sized dinosaur found in the Hell Creek formation. This bone quality is excellent with excellent color and patina. Highest quality bone preservation. The fragile vertebra processes are nearly complete - very rare! No repair or restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Powder River Co., Montana. An incredible collector's quality Thescelosaurus vertebra. Authenticity guaranteed. Museum Quality. A very rare piece.

DI42       SIZE: 2-1/4"  x  1-3/4" x 2-3/4" height

Note - Adding 23 new Thescelosarus fossils in March 2022.   Link to Thesc fossils catalog

A Top Quality Thescelosaurus neglectus pes ungual (foot claw) from the late Cretaceous of northern North America. A March Fossil of the Month. Thescelosaurus is a mid-sized dinosaur found in the Hell Creek formation. This claw is excellent quality with excellent color / patina. Exceptional preservation. Perfect tip and proximal proximal end. Note - Thesc unguals are described as flat triangles.(see Thesc-Pachy claw differentiation discussion below). No repair and no restoration. A rare Thescelosaurus pes ungual! Legally collected on private land in the Hell Creek Fm., Powder River Co., Montana. Excellent collector's quality Thescelosaurus claw. Note - claw comes with a Riker type frame. Authenticity guaranteed.

DI23        SIZE: 1-11/16"  

Note - Adding 23 new Thescelosarus fossils in March 2022.   Link to Thesc fossils catalog

A rare, TOP QUALITY Megatherium americanum sloth claw from an extinct genus of giant ground sloths from the Pampean region, Uruguay. A March Fossil of the Month. Megatherium is from the family of the largest Ground sloths. This claw has excellent preservation. It is complete down to an excellent tip with essentially no restoration or repair. There appears to be a 1.5” area of the top of the sheath rim on the back side that may have minor restoration (see photo - a small area). Excellent preservation of the proximal end. An incredible massive Late Pliocene - Early Pleistocene display piece from Uruguay. Authenticity guaranteed. A fantastic Pleistocene giant ground sloth claw specimen. A rare Museum Quality specimen from a rare site. One of my favorites! Comes with a steel stand. 

X701          SIZE: 11-1/2" x 5-1/4" x 2-5/8"   Height with stand:  6.75"

Note – adding 14 Ground Sloth claws & teeth in March 2022.   Link to Sloth fossils