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Bothriolepis - Single in matrix (Bothriolepis canadensis)
Classification: Placoderm
Description:
Single cast of bothriolepis
Age: Late Devonian
Size: 10.3 in
/ 26 cm
Item#:bothriolepis-single-matrix-canadensis-on-slab-p44-va
Cost: $100
(+ shipping)
Bothriolepis Pair (Bothriolepis canadensis)
Classification: Placoderm
Description:
Cast of two bothriolepis
Age: Late Devonian
Size: 10.3 in
/ 26 cm
Item#:bothriolepis-pair-canadensis-on-slab-p45-va
Cost: $100
(+ shipping)
Dapedius Punctatus
Classification: Fish
Age: Jurassic
Size: 16.8 in
/ 42.7 cm
Item#:
dapedius-punctatus-p55-va
Cost: $100
(+ shipping)
Diplomystis Dentasus
Classification: Fish
Age: Eocene
Size: 16.1 in
/ 41 cm
Item#:
diplomystis-dentasus-p18-va
Cost: $200
(+ shipping)
Eel (Lycodontis
Funebris)
Classification:
Description:
More than 500 species of eels belonging to 20
different families inhabit the world's oceans, lakes and rivers. Some species,
such as the conger and moray eels, are strictly saltwater denizens, spending
their entire lives in the ocean. But freshwater eels, found in the waters of
nearly every continent, defy the standard order of nature. For centuries,
people have been confounded by these snake-like fish, unable to determine where
they came from and how they reproduced.
Age:
Size: 14.2 cm
Item#: eel-lycodontis-funebris-r-s06-va
Cost: $140
(+ shipping)
Jaw of Dunkleosteus(Dinichthys)
Classification:
Placoderm
Description:
Jaw from the heavily armored skull of the giant Devonian Placoderm fish.
Dunkleosteus looked like the violent brute it was: powerfully built and armour-plated round its head. It was streamlined and shark-like. Dunkleosteus lacked true teeth, instead it had two long bony blades that could snap and crush almost anything. Pigment cells suggest Dunkleosteus had dark colours on its back and was silvery on its belly.
This fish was anything but picky with its food. It ate fish, sharks and even its own kind. And it seems that Dunkleosteus suffered from indigestion as a result: its fossils are often associated with regurgitated, semi-digested remains of fish.
Dunkleosteus may have been one of the earliest animals to exist as male or female, meaning that pairs of fish had to mate physically.
Age: Devonian
Size: 16.7 in
/ 42.3 cm
Item#:
dunkleosteus-jaw-s308-va
Cost: $100
(+ shipping)
Knightia Humilis
Classification:
Description:
This is an excellent fossil fish. It is a complete Knightia humilis from the Green River Formation of Wyoming. This classic fossil fish is extremely well preserved and exhibits great detail. The eye socket is easily seen, and the fins are beautifully displayed. The dark-colored fish contrasts wonderfully with the cream-colored matrix. The fossil herring is almost perfectly centered on the rectangular plate of shale. This is a very fine example of Knightia humilis from the famous Fossil Lake Deposits of Wyoming
Age: Eocene
Size: 6.5 x 4
in / 17 x 10 cm
Item#:
knightia-humilis-p04a-va
Cost: $95
(+ shipping)
Pennsylvania Jelly Fish
Age: Present
Size: 4.3 in /
11 cm
Item#:
pennsylvania-jelly-fish-p31-va
Cost: $75
(+ shipping)
Starfish Matrix
Size: 22 x 15 in /
56 x 38.7 cm
Item#:
starfish-matrix-p49-va
Cost: $200
(+ shipping)
Wolf Eel Skull (Anarrhichthys
Ocellatus)
Description:
Although they look very much like true eels, these are not bony fish; they have a cartilaginous skeleton. They also have a fearsome bite, with stout canine teeth at the front of the mouth and powerful molars at the rear. The wolf eel has no pelvic fins and lacks a lateral line. The dorsal fin reaches almost to the tail and comprises flexible spines but no soft rays. The colour is mainly grey or greyish-brown or dark olive, and occasionally mottled. Young wolf eels often have an orange tinge and dark stripes at rear of body. The head is all that is usually visible, because the wolf eel hides away in crevices in rocky areas and under boulders well away from the inter-tidal zone. The male, shown here, has huge lips and a bump on the top of its head. Their favourite food is reported to be sea urchins. The wolf eel is reported to grow to a length of 2 metres, and it is said to be very good to eat despite its ugly appearance
Age: Present
Size: 5.1 in /
13 cm; 5.0 in / 12.6 cm; 3.1 in / 8 cm
Item#:
wolf-eel-skull-anarrhichthys-ocellatus-ca-rb1999-va
Cost: $200
(+ shipping)
Placenticeras meeki Mosasaur Bitten Ammonite
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $975
(+ shipping)
Note:
Modern mammals, fish, and reptiles feed on squid and octopus, so
it can also be concluded that ancient reptiles and fish fed on
ammonites. Ammonites that exhibit bite marks are not rare, but
often the bite mark left in the shell is confused by the collector
with broken shells. Since Kauffman and Kesling's 1960 paper on a
mosasaur bitten ammonite, there have been claims of hundreds of
ammonites with the preserved tooth marks of mosasaurs. Most of
these claims are false. The marks on most of the shells are holes
bored or dissolved in the ammonite shells from limpets or other
forms of gastropods, rather then holes made from the bite of a
mosasaur. This specimen is one of the finest examples of a
mosasaur bitten ammonite that has been found to date. The holes
form a perfect bite pattern, identical to the upper tooth pattern
of a mosasaur named Plioplatecarpus. The tooth marks have been
left in the phragmocone of the shell, where the septa support the
surrounding shell, and did not allow for wide scale collapse of
the shell around the holes. Most of the body chamber of the
Placenticeras has been bitten and broken off of the specimen,
probably by the predator in an attempt to eat all of the soft
fleshy parts of the ammonite. The edges of the holes show an
irregular, slightly broken shape. This is much different from the
smooth, round holes caused by limpet borings. Limpet holes show
a slightly dissolved and smooth edge to the shell around the
holes. Limpets and other boring gastropods stop dissolving the
shell when they get through the surface of the shell and reach
the septa. They do not dissolve the underlying septa, because
there is nothing further to gain. This ammonite has no septa
showing in any of the existing holes because the septa have been
crushed by the teeth of a reptile.
Item#: placenticeras-mosasaur-bitten-ammonite-126462-bh
Baculites Grandis Life Reconstruction
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $1600
(+ shipping)
Note:
These are "life sculptures" of the Baculites grandis. The shell is
a cast replica of an original. Soft body parts were sculpted by
Neal L. Larson. This is a replica of the largest specimen of the
genus that has been found to date. Baculites are a nearly straight
ammonite form that lived worldwide throughout the Late Cretaceous.
Straight shelled cephalopods are not uncommon. The first shelled
cephalopods, and the first ancestral ammonite, Bactrites, were
straight forms. Adult baculites ranged in size from about seven
centimeters (Baculites larsoni) up to two meters in length (this
specimen). This specimen was a macroconch, probably a female,
based on modern cephalopod gender size relationships. The smaller
microconchs were not as heavily ribbed, and about one third to one
half the size of the macroconchs. From shell isotope studies, it
is known that baculites inhabited the middle part of the water
column, not too close to the bottom, or to the surface of the ocean.
The arms and the head of the Baculites were based on living
cephalopods and calculated for size, looks, and appearance, and
from the size and shape that would be able to fit in the shell.
The colors chosen for the arms and head are also based on living
cephalopods, whose colors change with their moods.
Item#: baculites-grandis-life-reconstruction-126463-bh
Baculites Grandis Shell
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $1050
(+ shipping)
Note:
These are "life sculptures" of the Baculites grandis. The shell is
a cast replica of an original. Soft body parts were sculpted by
Neal L. Larson. This is a replica of the largest specimen of the
genus that has been found to date. Baculites are a nearly straight
ammonite form that lived worldwide throughout the Late Cretaceous.
Straight shelled cephalopods are not uncommon. The first shelled
cephalopods, and the first ancestral ammonite, Bactrites, were
straight forms. Adult baculites ranged in size from about seven
centimeters (Baculites larsoni) up to two meters in length (this
specimen). This specimen was a macroconch, probably a female,
based on modern cephalopod gender size relationships. The smaller
microconchs were not as heavily ribbed, and about one third to one
half the size of the macroconchs. From shell isotope studies, it
is known that baculites inhabited the middle part of the water
column, not too close to the bottom, or to the surface of the ocean.
The arms and the head of the Baculites were based on living
cephalopods and calculated for size, looks, and appearance, and
from the size and shape that would be able to fit in the shell.
The colors chosen for the arms and head are also based on living
cephalopods, whose colors change with their moods.
Item#: baculites-grandis-shell-126463-bh
Placenticeras meeki Life Reconstruction
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $2100
(+ shipping)
Note:
These are "life models" of Placenticeras meeki. The shell is a cast
replica of an original ammonite. Soft body parts were sculpted by
Neal L. Larson. Placenticeras are a tightly coiled ammonite found
worldwide throughout most of the Late Cretaceous. They are
characterized by a flat narrow venter, broad flanks, and a moderately
involute umbilicus. Adult forms ranged in size from about 10 cm to
more than a meter in diameter. This specimen was a macroconch,
probably a female, based on modern cephalopod gender size
relationships. The smaller microconchs were about one forth to one
half the size of the macroconchs. From shell isotope studies, it is
known that Placenticeras inhabited the upper part of the water
column, near the surface of the ocean. The arms and the head of the
Placenticeras were based on living cephalopods and calculated for
size, looks, and appearance from the size and shape that would be
able to fit in the shell. Stalked eyes were given to the ammonite,
because there was room to accommodate them, and some modern octopus
have them. The colors chosen for the arms and head are also based on
living cephalopods, whose colors change with their moods.
Item#: placenticeras-mosasaur-life-reconstruction-126464-bh
Placenticeras meeki Shell
Age: Cretaceous
Cost: $950
(+ shipping)
Note:
These are "life models" of Placenticeras meeki. The shell is a cast
replica of an original ammonite. Soft body parts were sculpted by
Neal L. Larson. Placenticeras are a tightly coiled ammonite found
worldwide throughout most of the Late Cretaceous. They are
characterized by a flat narrow venter, broad flanks, and a moderately
involute umbilicus. Adult forms ranged in size from about 10 cm to
more than a meter in diameter. This specimen was a macroconch,
probably a female, based on modern cephalopod gender size
relationships. The smaller microconchs were about one forth to one
half the size of the macroconchs. From shell isotope studies, it is
known that Placenticeras inhabited the upper part of the water
column, near the surface of the ocean. The arms and the head of the
Placenticeras were based on living cephalopods and calculated for
size, looks, and appearance from the size and shape that would be
able to fit in the shell. Stalked eyes were given to the ammonite,
because there was room to accommodate them, and some modern octopus
have them. The colors chosen for the arms and head are also based on
living cephalopods, whose colors change with their moods.
Item#: placenticeras-mosasaur-shell-126464-bh
