Description: This is a marine fossil collection with 6 real fossils and an amazing display case that you will find nowhere else. The collection includes:Mosasaur tooth fossilGlobidens Mosasaur tooth fossilOtodus Shark tooth fossilEnchodus tooth fossilBelemnite fossilTrilobite fossil These fossils are neatly displayed in a labeled (and pictured) plastic case. The inserts in the case are hand crafted to be specific to each fossil, therefore will look best displayed as pictured. If the lid is not closing properly, check the fossil placement. Each fossil is pictured in the listing on two different sides by it's label for easy reference. All are genuine fossils, no replicas. Mosasaur, (family Mosasauridae), extinct group of aquatic lizards that attained a high degree of adaptation to the marine environment and were distributed worldwide during the Cretaceous Period (145.5 million to 66 million years ago). The mosasaurs competed with other marine reptiles—the plesiosaurs and ichthyosaurs—for food, which consisted largely of ammonoids, fish, and cuttlefish. Many mosasaurs of the Late Cretaceous were large. The longest mosasaurs, based on a specimen of Mosasaurus hoffmanni, are estimated to have been about 56 feet in length, but the most common forms were no larger than modern porpoises.Globidens (meaning "Globe teeth") is an extinct genus of mosasaur lizard classified as part of the Globidensini tribe in the Mosasaurinae subfamily.Otodus is an extinct genus of mackerel shark which lived from the Paleocene to the Pliocene epoch. The name Otodus comes from Ancient Greek (ōt, meaning "ear") and (odoús, meaning "tooth") – thus, "ear-shaped tooth".Enchodus (from Greek: enchos, 'spear' and odoús, 'tooth') is an extinct genus of aulopiform ray-finned fish related to lancetfish and lizardfish. Species of Enchodus flourished during the Late Cretaceous, and survived the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event, persisting into the late Eocene.Belemnoid, also called belemnite, member of an extinct group of cephalopods (animals related to the modern squid and octopus) that possessed a large internal shell. Most belemnoids were about the size of present-day squid, approximately 12 to 20 inches long. Belemnoids lived in ocean waters from the Early Devonian (about 416 million to 398 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous Period (65.5 million years ago). They became extinct during the Eocene Epoch, which ended about 34 million years ago. The internal shell was straight in most species but was loosely coiled in some. The shell was complex in structure and served for support and muscle attachment. It was also used for buoyancy, enabling the animal to compensate for depth and its own body weight, as in the modern chambered nautilus.Trilobite, any member of a group of extinct fossil arthropods easily recognized by their distinctive three-lobed, three-segmented form. Trilobites, exclusively marine animals, first appeared at the beginning of the Cambrian Period, about 542 million years ago, when they dominated the seas. Although they became less abundant in succeeding geologic periods, a few forms persisted into the Permian Period, which ended about 251 million years ago.
Price: 39.99 USD
Location: Davenport, Iowa
End Time: 2024-02-29T00:50:07.000Z
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