Fossils for Sale - Other

Three QUALITY Ophiura sp. Brittle Star specimens and a Starfish from Morocco. The largest Brittle Star measures 3-1/8" in length. Incredible detail. Excellent preservation and preparation. Ordovician age. This Brittle star is from El Caid Romi, Morocco. Note - this plate has a crack which has been stabilized. No restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A top quality collector's piece. This is the real deal! This plate weighs 1.8 pounds. Note: An international  order with free shipping may incur a shipping surcharge cost. Please request quote. 

X182          SIZE:  3-1/8"  (largest)

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A TOP QUALITY Ophiura sp. Brittle Star specimen from Morocco. This rare Brittle Star measures 4-1/2" in length. Incredible detail. Excellent preservation and preparation. Ordovician age. This Brittle star is from El Caid Romi, Morocco. Note - this plate has a crack which has been stabilized. No restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A top quality collector's piece. This is the real deal! This plate weighs 1.9 pounds. Note: An international  order with free shipping may incur a shipping surcharge cost. Please request quote. 

X183          SIZE:  4-1/2"  

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A TOP QUALITY Ophiura sp. Brittle Star specimen from Morocco. This rare Brittle Star measures 2-7/8" in length. Incredible detail. Excellent preservation and preparation. Ordovician age. This Brittle star is from El Caid Romi, Morocco. Note - this plate has a crack which has been stabilized. No restoration. Authenticity guaranteed. A top quality collector's piece. This is the real deal! This plate weighs 1.3 pounds. Note: An international  order with free shipping may incur a shipping surcharge cost. Please request quote. 

X184          SIZE:  2-7/8"  

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A TOP QUALITY Petraster sp. Starfish from Morocco. This top quality Starfish is 3-1/2" in length. Incredible detail. Excellent preservation and preparation. Ordovician age - ~465 MYA. This rare Starfish is from the Hefalla Sandstone, Katouna Fm., Elkaid Errami, Rissani, Morocco. Authenticity guaranteed. Note - this item weighs 3.8 lbs and international with free shipping will have a shipping surcharge.    

X170            SIZE: 3-1/2"

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A TOP QUALITY Petraster sp. Starfish from Morocco. This top quality Starfish is 2-1/4" in length. Incredible detail. Excellent preservation and preparation. Ordovician age - ~465 MYA. This rare Starfish is from the Hefalla Sandstone, Katouna Fm., Elkaid Errami, Rissani, Morocco. Authenticity guaranteed. Note - this item weighs 1.6 lbs and international orders with free shipping will have a shipping surcharge.      

X171            SIZE: 2-1/4"

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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

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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)  

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A Cretaceous fossil sponge from Brewster Co, Texas. This sponge is still inflated (1-3/4" thick). Excellent preservation. A Cretaceous age fossil (100 MYA). You do not see sponges fossilize very often. Authenticity guaranteed. A very unique display piece! 

Y0742         SIZE: 3-1/2"   (1-3/4" Thick)  

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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)  

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A Leptopius duponti - fossil Weevil cocoon from Eyre Pennisula, South Australia. They are known as "pixie clogs". These cacoons were spun by the weevils in their pupae stage to protect them during metamorphosis into adult beetles. Excellent preservation. Note - 1-5/16" thick. This is a late Pleistocene - Holocene trace fossil. A unique display piece! 

Y074          SIZE: 2-1/4"   (1-5/16" Thick)  

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A Stromatolite sp. from Saf-Saf. Morocco. A possible Stromatolite algae mound from Morcco. Stromatolites are structures formed by colonies of blue green algae (or cyanobacteria). This is a Cretaceous Stromatolite. A very interesting display piece! 

Y075          SIZE: 2-1/2"  x 1-7/8" Height

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An EXTRA LARGE, Paraspirifer bownockeri brachiopod from the Silica Shale Fm., Sylvania, Ohio. Brachiopods are bivalve molluscs, and this is a big one. Both valves present  - complete specimen and matrix free. Note -  1-1/4" thick and heavy! This is a Devonian (395 mya) brachiopod. The big Silica Fm. brachiopod. Authenticity guaranteed. My largest Paraspirifer specimen!

Y001        SIZE: 2-1/4"  (1-1/4" Thick)