Buscaste: Fossil Specimens

Supplier: ANTHONY ZVIRBLIS

Coal bed leaf impression. Hand specimen.

Supplier: JACK GRANT

Gryphaea sp. (Cretaceous)

Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO

Unusual well-formed sedimentary bodies believed to have formed from the aggregates of algal organisms and cyanobacteria in ancient waters.

Supplier: BONE CLONES HOLDINGS

One of the finest specimens of a Smilodon fatalis (saber-toothed cat) from the world famous La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles. The La Brea Tar Pits is home to the most extensive collection of Pleistocene fauna in the world, with over 3.5 million specimens curated. Approximately 90% of the fossils excavated from the Tar Pits are carnivores, with the saber-toothed cat being the second most common occurring carnivore and named the California State Fossil. With canines measuring up to 11 inches in length from root to crown, this ferocious animal fed on bison, horse, camel and small pronghorn. Studies suggest the saber-toothed cat probably lived in packs, evidenced by bones with extensive healing, indicating survival after a crippling injury. This indicates the individual was cared for or at least allowed to feed with the rest of the pack.

Supplier: MOUSSA MINERALS & FOSSILS

Well preserved sawfish tooth from the Cretaceous Period.

Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO

Highly polished nautiloid.

Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO

Fine quality shark tooth.

Supplier: EISCO SCIENTIFIC LLC

This bivalve fossil replica looks like a shell you would find at the beach, but it is representative of an organism that lived millions of years ago.

Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO

Straight nautiloid shell with good sutures. Average size: 1 - 2".

Supplier: EISCO SCIENTIFIC LLC

This fossil replica represents an ancient sea urchin that crawled along the seafloor, feeding on algae. Although they are rarely preserved, echinoderms that looked like this had long spines like the sea urchins of today.

Supplier: PARKER PALEONTOLOGICAL ENT.

Microfossil

Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO

Leaf impression on matrix, widely used in correlation studies. Average size: 3" x 3". Australia.

Supplier: EISCO SCIENTIFIC LLC

Ammonites grew their shells from calcium carbonate and grew constantly throughout their life span. A relative of octopi and squids today, ammonites swam through the open ocean, preying on smaller marine animals.

Supplier: SKULLDUGGERY, INC.

Strikingly realistic large, museum-quality great white shark tooth. Length 5 ¹/₂". Resin. South Carolina.

Supplier: EISCO SCIENTIFIC LLC

Eisco labs prehistoric skulls - premium set of six Neaderathal skulls. Set consists of Afarenis cranium, Africanus cranium, Habilis cranium, Erectus cranium, Neanderthalensis cranium and Steinheim skull.

Supplier: SKULLDUGGERY, INC.

This exceptionally large tearing claw is from a recently discovered dinosaur. Size: 7"L. Resin. Utah.

Supplier: EISCO SCIENTIFIC LLC

Bony fish first evolved during the Paleozoic era, over 400 million years ago. This fossil replica represents a mold of a ray-finned fish that died and was buried in the ocean.