Fossil Specimens
Study microscopic and macroscopic organisms in greater detail as they are preserved in the fossil record, a natural time capsule etched in stone. These include study sets suitable for students including insects trapped in amber and rock, and aquatic organisms preserved by porous coral or other sediments. Other fossilized organic matter includes fecal matter from animals long past. Vertebrae and other skeletal remains of ancient or extinct creatures are easy to study in detail with these fossils.
Stromatolite (Microbialite)
Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO
Unusual well-formed sedimentary bodies believed to have formed from the aggregates of algal organisms and cyanobacteria in ancient waters.
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Bivalve Fossil Replica
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.
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Urchin Fossil Replica, Eisco Scientific
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.
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Onchopristis numidus
Supplier: MOUSSA MINERALS AND FOSSILS
Well preserved sawfish tooth from the Cretaceous Period.
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Glossopteris sp. (Permian)
Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO
Leaf impression on matrix, widely used in correlation studies. Average size: 3" x 3". Australia.
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Compsognathus sp. (Jurassic)
Supplier: Avantor
Replica of the famous “chicken–size” dinosaur skeleton.
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Thrinaxodon sp.(Triassic)
Supplier: Avantor
Full skeleton in a curled position. From a mammal-like group known as cynodonts. In relief on a 7×81/4" slab. Resin. South Africa.
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Pachypleurosaurus edwardsi (Triassic)
Supplier: Avantor
This complete skeleton is an example of a primitive synaptosaurian reptile group known as nothosaurs. It measures 91/2" in length on an 113/4×61/4" matrix. Resin. Switzerland.
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Ammonite Fossil Replica
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.
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Orthoceras sp. (Silurian)
Supplier: ADAM MOORE MO
Straight nautiloid shell with good sutures. Average size: 1 - 2".
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Paradoxides harlani (Cambrian)
Supplier: Avantor
Large, complete Middle Cambrian trilobite, with long genal spines. It measures 71/2" in length on an 81/4×101/2" matrix. Resin. Newfoundland.
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Neuropteris sp. (Pennsylvanian)
Supplier: ANTHONY ZVIRBLIS
Coal bed leaf impression. Hand specimen.
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Carcharodon megalodon (Miocene)
Supplier: SKULLDUGGERY, INC.
Strikingly realistic large, museum-quality great white shark tooth. Length 5 1/2". Resin. South Carolina.
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Pterodactylus kochi (Jurassic)
Supplier: Avantor
Complete, including elongated fingers used to support the wing membrane. Resin. Germany.