Marine Life Fossil Collection


Item Number: 092

Time Left: CLOSED

Value: $50

Online Close: May 22, 2007 11:59 PM EDT

Bid History: 1 bid - Item Sold!

Description

A MINI-COLLECTION OF MARINE FOSSILS: Approximately 20 marine fossils representing specimens from the DEVONIAN, CRETACEOUS and MIOCENE periods (approximately 350, 65 and 30 million years ago, respectively) in a handsome 12" x 8" display case. Specimens include shark and fish (teeth and/or plates), crab, trilobites, belemnitella (ancient squid), vertebra, and shells. Perfect for someone interested in paleontology or as a gift for any child fascinated by fossils.

This is a Live Event Item.

Special Instructions

FOSSIL IDENTIFICATIOS (Right to Left) 

FIRST ROW: Fish mouth plate (Miocene), Squalicorax Shark (Cretaceous), Fish Scale (Miocene), Choristothyris Brachiopod (Cretaceous), Turritella Gastropod (Cretaceous)

 

SECOND ROW: Fish Otolith (Miocene), Triolobite (Devonian), Belemnitella (Cretaceous), Ecphora Brachiopod (Miocene), Shark Vertebrae (Miocene)

 

THIRD ROW: Gastropod (Miocene), Cretolamna Shark (Cretaceous), Ray Mouth Plate (Miocene), Ostrea Brachiopod (Cretaceous)

 

FOURTH ROW: Hemipristis “Snaggletooth” Shark (Miocene), Scapanorhynchus Shark (Cretaceous), Fish Jaw Bone (Cretaceous), Shark (Sp?) (Miocene), Hemipristis “Snaggletooth” Shark (Miocene)

Donated by

Sierra Club Ocean County