Fossil of the Month - Complete Listing

An ULTRA RARE Top Quality, 6-1/4" Classic Lee Creek Megalodon tooth - upper jaw PRINCIPAL ANTERIOR tooth. A February Fossil of the Month. This Megalodon has an incredible light tan colored crown with brown bourlette, and light tan root. Highest quality enamel. Fantastic color!  The serrations are razor sharp and essentially complete including an excellent tip serration. Incredible serrations for a BIG Megalodon tooth. The bourlette has a nice contrast -  mostly dentin layer. The root is nicely articulated and complete with an excellent light tan color. It is also wide (4-5/8") with essentially no hydration cracks. This Megalodon was found in the Yorktown Formation, Lee Creek mine, Aurora, No. Carolina (Pliocene age = 4.5 MYA). An excellent BIG collector's tooth from the old days at Lee Creek mine! No reapir or restroration. A 100% natural tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. A killer BIG Lee Creek Meg tooth from the "old days". It is extremely difficult to locate an extra large, top quality LC Megalodon tooth with fantastic eye appeal. This is the biggest and best 6"+ LC tooth that I have seen!

LC100           Size: 6-1/4"  (4-5/8" wide)

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A fantastic Brittle Star display piece. Seven LARGE, TOP QUALITY Ophiura sp. Brittle Star specimens and a carpoid from El Caid Romi, Morocco. A February Fossil of the Month. The largest Brittle Star measures 6" in length. The carpoid is an extinct echinoderm related to starfish. Incredible detail. Excellent preservation and preparation. Ordovician age. This Brittle star is from El Caid Romi, Morocco.  No repair or restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A rare, top quality collector's display piece. This is the real deal! This plate weighs 14 pounds. Note: Domestic and international  orders with free shipping will incur a shipping surcharge cost. Please request quote. 

X178         SIZE:  6"  (largest - 7 specimens)

Note - Adding 10 Brittle Star & Starfish specimens in February 2024.    Link to Brittle Stars

A rare, Top Quality Miocene-Pliocene Mastodon molar from Florida. A February Fossil of the Month. This is an extinct elephant ancestor that inhabited North America during the late Miocene to late Pliocene. This molar is  big with 3 cusp rows with essentially no cusp wear. So, this is a recently erupted or unerupted tooth. Exceptional articulation. Excellent light tan & brown colors! This is an exceptionally well fossilized Mastodon specimen. Note - Comes complete with custom stand as pictured. No damage. No restoration or repair. An exceptional, authentic Mastodon tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. Note this item weighs 2.5 lbs and a supplemental shipping charge is required for international orders. 

X610       Size:  4-5/8" Long x 3-3/8" Wide x 3-5/8" High  ;  Height on stand = 4.5"

Name: Mastodon (Mammut americanum)

Age: Pliocene - Pleistocene

Location: Northern Florida

Posting 3 Mastodon teeth in February 2024  -->  Link to all Mastodon teeth

A rare, GEM Quality juvenile Miocene-Pliocene Mastodon molar from Florida. A February Fossil of the Month. This is an extinct elephant ancestor that inhabited North America during the late Miocene to late Pliocene. This molar has 3 cusp rows with no cusp wear. So, this is an unerupted tooth. Exceptional articulation. Fantastic red color! This is an exceptionally well fossilized Mastodon specimen. Note - Comes complete with custom stand as pictured. No damage. No restoration or repair. An exceptional, authentic juvenile Mastodon tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. The finest colored GEM quality Mastodon tooth!

X612       Size:  3-1/2" Long x 2-3/4" Wide x 4" High  ;  Height on stand = 5"

Name: Mastodon (Mammut americanum)

Age: Pliocene - Pleistocene

Location: Northern Florida

Posting 3 Mastodon teeth in February 2024  -->  Link to all Mastodon teeth

An Ultra Rare, Hexanchus griseus symphyseal tooth from the Caldera Basin of Chile. A February Fossil of the Month. This is complete lower jaw symphyseal (center) tooth. A rare female shark. Superb preservation and color. Ten cusps. An excellent complete root.  An excellent root which is very unique & extremely difficult to find! A Perfect tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. Museum Quality collector's tooth. Unfortunately there are no more teeth coming from this site. This is my best remaining Hexanchus symphyseal tooth!     

C401L          Size: 15/16"

Note - Adding 18 new Chilean Hexanchus teeth in February 2024 ->  Link to Hexanchus Teeth 

An EXTRA LARGE, ~2" Top Quality Hexanchus griseus tooth from the Caldera Basin of Chile. Beautiful blue cusps. A February Fossil of the Month. This is large complete lower jaw tooth from a large shark. Superb preservation and color. Twelve primary cusps. An excellent root which is very unique & extremely difficult to find! A Perfect rare collector's tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. Unfortunately there are no more teeth coming from this site. Note - This is one of the top ten best extra large Hexanchus lower jaw teeth that I have seen!     

C403L          Size: 1-15/16"

Note - Adding 18 new Chilean Hexanchus teeth in February 2024 ->  Link to Hexanchus Teeth 

An Extra Large, Top Quality Vermicularia recta cluster from Sarasota, Florida. Vermicularia recta is a gastropod that grows in colonies forming clusters. Sometimes referred as "tube snails". Excellent preservatiion and detail. Pliocene age gastropods from the Okeechobeee Fm. (4 mya). Authenticity guaranteed. A special display piece!  

SH17       Cluster Size: 9-1/4" Length x 5" Wide

Name: Vermicularia recta  gastropod    Age: Pliocene  (4 MMYA)   Location: Sarasota, Florida

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

An Extra Large, Top Quality Archimedes sp. bryozoan specimen from Adams Co., Illinois. A January Fossil of the Month. This bryozoan is shaped like and named after the famous Archimedes spiral. Excellent preservation. Note - 7/8" wide. This Archimedes bryozoan was found in the Warsaw Fm., and is Mississippian age (325 MYA). Authenticity guaranteed. A unique display piece!  You don't see high quality, large Archimedes bryozoan specimens very often.

Y071          SIZE: 6"   (7/8" wide)  

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

A MASSIVE, TOP QUALITY 6-1/2" Megalodon tooth - an upper jaw A1 anterior tooth from So. Carolina. A January Fossil of the Month. An attractive gray - bronze colored crown. Highest quality enamel. The black bourlette is large and 80% complete. The serrations are razor sharp and nearly complete with an excellent tip serration. Incredible serrations for a BIG Megalodon tooth. The root is extra wide and complete with a charcoal gray color and small hydration cracks.  No repair or restoration. 100% natural. Authenticity guaranteed. A collector's BIG Megalodon tooth. A very special BIG tooth. This is one of the best, 100% natural 6-1/2" SC Megs that I have seen! It was found 10+ years ago.

SC002        Size: 6-1/2"  (5" Wide)

Note - Link to SC Megalodon teeth.

A rare Top Quality Mammoth lower jaw from northern Florida. A January Fossil of the Month. Excellent brown color and preservation. This lower jaw is near complete and includes two complete molars - incredible detail and rare. Great color and luster!  This is the Columbian Mammoth, an extinct elephant ancestor with long, curved tusks that evolved in the Pliocene of North America. Nicely articulated chewing surfaces. No repair or restoration. A rare collector's Mammoth jaw. Authenticity guaranteed. Weighs 7.8 lbs. Note: international shipping cost will be calculated. Please request quote.

X605   Jaw Size: 15-3/4" Length  x  4" width x  5'' high ;  Teeth Size: 4-1/2"+ x 2-1/2" & 2-5/8" x 2-1/8"

Name: Columbian Mammoth   

Age: Pliocene - Pleistocene  

Location: Northern Florida

Note - Posting three Mammoth - Gomphotherium teeth in January 2024.  ->  Link to Mammoth teeth

A Top Quality Gomphotherium - Early Elephant molar from Georgia. A January Fossil of the Month. Excellent jet black color with incredible preservation. Great color!  The Gomphotherium was a very successful extinct elephant ancestor that had four tusks used to eat branches. It evolved in the Miocene of North America. A complete molar with an incredibly articulated chewing surface. An unerupted tooth with no wear. Weighs 3.25 bs. with stand. No damage. Minor repair to root base only. No restoration. An exceptional, collector's Gomphotherium tooth. Authenticity guaranteed. This is a great display with a custom stand. Note: international shipping cost will be calculated. Please request quote.

X606    Size (specimen): 5-1/4" Length  x   3-1/8" width x  4'' high (Height on stand is 6-3/8")

Name: Mammoth    

Age: Miocene - Pliocene  

Location: Coastal Georgia

Note - Posting three Mammoth - Gomphotherium teeth in January 2024.  ->  Link to Gomphotherium teeth

An EXTRA LARGE, rare Top Quality Diplodocus rooted tooth, a late Jurassic sauropod tooth from the Mossison Fm. A January Fossil of the Month. Diplodocus had peg shaped teeth to strip leaves. A rare rooted tooth. The enamel is high quality. Great black color. Excellent enamel articulation. Root cracks are stabilied. No repair or restoration. Legally collected on private land in the Morrison Fm., Dana Quarry, Wyoming. Authenticity guaranteed. A rare collector's tooth. Note - a Riker display frame is included.

DL14         SIZE: 1-1/8"   

Note - Adding 9 Jurassic teeth & bones in January 2024    Link to Sauropod teeth