PREHISTORIC TIMES - DINOSAURS / FOSSILS / TOOLS / ARTIFACTS / ANIMALS & SKULLS
Collection of Dinosaur millions year old fossils Wunderkammer, fossils $50.00 each or all 4 for $200.00
A fascinating collection of four curiosities, comprising two fossilized ammonites, a small trilobite and an Orthoceras plaque.
A lovely group of natural artifacts for a collector of curiosities, as well as a beautiful cabinet display and perfect gift for any young, aspiring archaeologists, biologists, scientists etc.!
Cabinets of curiosities were constructed during the European Renaissance, the era of Western exploration and cataloging of the natural world. This new period of fascination with the earth and its contents saw the emergence of the gentleman collector and explorer. The cabinet of wonders or Wunderkammer, born out of this movement, was considered to be a miniature replica of the fruits of nature, a display cabinet of the rare, exotic and beautiful artifacts of the New World, displaying man's mastery and control over it. Frances Bacon explained the aim of such a collection in Gesta Grayorum (1594), to be;
"a goodly, huge cabinet, wherein whatsoever the hand of man by exquisite art or engine has made rare in stuff, form or motion; whatsoever singularity, chance and the shuffle of things hath produced; whatsoever Nature has wrought in things that want life and may be kept; shall be sorted and included."
The collection includes;
1) Two fossilized ammonites, inlcuding a small irridescent, and a large polished ammonite half, from the Early Jurassic Period (190-175 Million years ago).
The long extinct creatures lived in the phragmocone (inside of the shell), which was divided into camerae (chambers) by septae (the prominent lines that run across the coiled shell). The ammonite only lived in the foremost and largest of these chambers, and would form a new chamber when the creature had become too large for the current one. This process of new chamber formation results in the characteristic striated appearance of the ammonite shell. The exquisitely evolved ammonite maintained communication with these old chambers, and used them as an ingenious "buoyancy device", forcing water in and out using the phenomenon of osmosis!
The ammonite was not a bottom dweller, but instead swam at mid-level in the early seas of our planet, an incomprehensibly long time ago. It would have fed on fish and other small creatures, and was itself fed on by dinosaurs. As it spent it's time in mid-water, the ammonite had to be perfectly symmetrical in the vertical plane, to avoid falling over to one side - morphologists refer to this shape as planispiral.
Although ammonites survived numerous extinction phases, they were unable to survive the cataclysmic K-T extinction event, where they perished along with all the dinosaurs.
2) A beautiful prehistoric Orthoceras (squid-like cephalopod) species fossil from the Early Ordovician period (488-444 Million years ago).
3) A small trilobite fossil, fully prepared on original matrix. Devonian age (Eifilian) 381-391 Million years old.
Fossil 165Mil YO Ammonite Deep Crystals LARGE 4.3"
$40.00 each or pair of 2 for $80.00
Imagine holding in your
hand a 110 million year old fossil. Some ammonites are much older than
that, up to 450 million years old. Even older than the dinosaurs. Oceans
at the time were teeming with life. Predators were everywhere. And it was
a live fast, or die hard world for the ammonites. In fact, ammonites
closely resemble modern squids, octopus and the chambered nautilus.
Ammonites were carnivores as well. Fossils were once
found only in museums - NOW you can OWN one!!! You can hold in your hand a
part of the ancient fossil record from the time the dinosaurs roamed the
earth
Hadrosaur Dinosaur Tooth Hadrosaurus fossil - millions of years old $30.00
Hadrosaurids or duck-billed dinosaurs are members of the family Hadrosauridae, and include ornithopods such as Edmontosaurus and Parasaurolophus. They were common herbivores in the Upper Cretaceous Period of what are now Asia, Europe and North America. They are descendants of the Upper Jurassic/Lower Cretaceous iguanodontian dinosaurs and had similar body layout. They were ornithischians
The hadrosaurs are known as the duck-billed dinosaurs due to the similarity of their head to that of modern ducks. In some genera, most notably Anatotitan, the whole front of the skull was flat and broadened out to form a beak, ideal for clipping leaves and twigs from the forests of Asia, Europe and North America. However, the back of the mouth contained literally thousands of teeth suitable for grinding food before it was swallowed. This has been hypothesized to have been a crucial factor in the success of this group in the Cretaceous, compared to the sauropods which were still largely dependent on gastroliths for grinding their food
RARE DANISH STONE AGE MESOLITHIC KEELED BLADE BORER FLINT SILEX 9000 years old 7000 BC $40.00
This rare Danish Mesolithic flint artifact is called
"Keeled Blade - End of Blade Scraper".
During the Mesolithic period (c.9300-4000 BC) after the end of the ice age,
hunters spread across the extensive area which connected Denmark to England
during the Continental period. The forest was relatively light in the
beginning with bison, wild horses, elk and aurochs. In time, the forest
became more dense and red deer and roe-deer became the commonest game.
Settlements were often situated near the edges of lakes which have since
become bogs. In the east of Denmark, the peat in these bogs has preserved a
rich variety of weapons and tools, bones from slaughtered animals and the
remains of dwellings, including hut floors made of wood and bark. During the
Atlantic period, 6400-4000 BC, the sea level rose so much that the northern
parts of Denmark were divided into islands, and deep fiords cut into the
landscape. A dense forest dominated by limetrees spread across the land. The
population was found mostly near the coasts and lived on fish and shellfish,
supplemented by hunting and sealing. Food scraps were piled up in kitchen
middens which contained huge numbers of oyster shells. Grave finds bear
witness to care and respect for the dead.
Sometimes the core from which the flake is split is carefully shaped and on
one side has a keel formed by alternate flaking to both sides; thus the
first blade to be struck off will have these flaking scars and be a so
called keel blade. In most cases the blades are large and thick. Known,
though rare, in most Mesolithic and Neolithic cultures.
This keeled blade borer is 72 mms long.
Wonderful patinized flint with microfossil includings!
The tip is finely trimmed to a borer, these types occur in the
Reindeer-Cultures (Hamburger-, Federmesser,- Bromme,- and Ahrensburg-Cultures
12500-8900 bc) of Northern Europe and the other Hunter and Gatherer
Cultures, but not in the older Erteboelle-Ellerbek Culture (5400-4000 bc).
WONDERFUL DANISH STONE AGE MESOLITHIC FLINT KNIFE 100mms! PATINA 7000 years old - 5000 BC = $80.00
This wonderful long and beautiful shaped Danish Mesolithic flint
artifact is called
"Two edged flint knife"
belonging to the Mesolithic Ertebølle - Ellerbek Culture
( Kitchen Midden Culture ) from 5400-4000 bc.
One of the first large Nordic cultures was the Ertebolle culture (also known
as Ertebølle or Ellerbek), this culture came into existence at the end of
the Mesolithic period around 6400 BC and lasted to 4000 BC. The center of
the Ertebolle culture is believed to have been Denmark but this people also
lived in southern Scandinavia, Finland, northern Germany and Poland, and the
Netherlands, which was roughly the same area as where later the Funnelbeaker
people and the Germans lived. The Ertebolle people mainly lived from
hunting, gathering, and fishing, they used stone tools and left large piles
of shells ( kitchen middens ) at the beaches that are still there today, the
shells may have been left there as offerings to a seagod though a more
plausible explanation is that they simply used such places to dump their
waste. The Ertebolle culture probably also believed in an afterlife because
they buried their dead in cemetaries with gravegifts, in Sweden
archeologists have even found dog burials like for instance the one in
Skateholm, the Ertebolle people also made woodcarvings and used canoes for
fishing.
The beautiful large blade is 100 mms long (!!!).
Wonderful marble-like patinized flint with fossil includings!!!
5400Y.O: 10 DANISH STONE AGE NEOLITHIC FLINT ARTIFACTS PATINA! FUNNEL BEAKER 5400 years old - 3400 BC - $10.00 each x 10 = $100.00
Collection of different fantastic patinated Neolithic flint artifacts with
typical working traces from a Stone Age settlement of the Funnel Beaker
Culture.
Richly decorated pottery fragments with cord-handles are evidence for the
later part of the "Funnel-Beaker-Culture (the TRB) 4000-2800 BC":
Agriculture and animal husbandry were introduced in Denmark c. 4000 BC.
Wheat and barley were grown and oxen, sheep, goats and pigs domesticated.
Large parts of the land were cultivated during the oldest peasant culture,
4000-2800 BC, and the earliest farmers were energetic builders. They
constructed large assembly areas surrounded by moats and palisades like the
one found near Sarup on Funen. They also built the oldest stone burial
monuments, the dolmens and the passage graves, many thousands of which have
been preserved in Denmark. Flint mines were opened and a whole new industry
emerged which specialised in the production of elegant, polished flint axes.
Large numbers of offerings have been found, including clay pots, flint tools
and amber ornaments, and there is evidence of human and animal sacrifices.
The first metal was brought into the country from Central Europe in the
shape of simple ornaments and flat axe heads made of copper.
The settlement was located at the shore of a former lake. The
orange patinated pieces seems likely to have been deposited in the damp
place near the settlement.
BACULITE Fossil BEAUTIFUL SHELL 65 Million Years old $30.00
Up for bid is a nice Baculite fossil, an extinct cephalopod that lived about 65 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. The shell on this fossil is so amazing - it has an iridescent quality to it that is just beautiful. The shell on this fossil could be used to make some beautiful jewelry!
Baculites ("walking stick rock") is an extinct cephalopod genus with a nearly straight shell that is included in the heteromorph ammonites. The genus, which lived worldwide throughout the Late Cretaceous period
The adult shell of Baculites is generally straight and may be either smooth or with sinuous striae or ribbing that typically slant dorso-ventrally forward. The aperture likewise slopes to the front and has a sinuous margin. The venter is narrowly rounded to acute while the dorsum in more broad. The juvenile shell, found at the apex, is coiled in one or two whorls and described as minute, about a centimeter in diameter. Adult Baculites ranged in size from about seven centimeters (Baculites larsoni) up to two meters in length.
3 7/8 in FOSSIL MEGALODON SHARK authentic dinosaur shark fossil $100.00
This is a 3 7/8 in fossil Megalodon shark tooth
from South Carolina. As always there have been no repairs or restoration
done. 
5 1/2 in FOSSIL MEGALODON SHARK authentic dinosaur shark fossil $200.00
This is a 5 1/2 in fossil Megalodon shark tooth from South Carolina. As always there have been no repairs or restoration done.
4 11/16 in FOSSIL MEGALODON SHARK authentic dinosaur shark fossil $200.00
This is a fossil Megalodon shark tooth from South Carolina. As always there have been no repairs or restoration done.
5 7/16 in FOSSIL MEGALODON SHARK authentic dinosaur shark fossil $200.00
This is a fossil Megalodon shark tooth from
South Carolina. As always there have been no repairs or restoration done.
Massive 6 inch FOSSIL MEGALODON SHARK authentic dinosaur shark fossil $250.00
This is a fossil Megalodon shark tooth from South Carolina. As always there have been no repairs or restoration done.
MEGALODON TOOTH Fossil SHARK 3.054 inches 4-7 Million years old $100.00
nice Carcharocles megalodon tooth. It was found in the Hawthorne Formation, Beaufort County, South Carolina and is approximately 4-7 million years old. This tooth is 3.054 inches in length, at the longest point. Megalodon is an extinct species of shark that lived approximately 25 - 1.5 million years ago. Fossil remains indicate that these powerful predators reached up to 52 feet in length. Their serrated teeth were not just good cutting tools, they were also well suited for grasping powerful prey and would seldom crack even when slicing through bones.
SUBHYRACODON Limb Bone Sections Fossil 30 Million years $20.00 for lot of 2
nice lot of 2 Subhyracodon limb bone sections. These fossils have neat coloration. The color of a fossil depends upon the minerals in the ground where the bone fossilized. SUBHYRACODON was a primitive mammal that lived during the Oligocene time period, about 30 million years ago
Subhyracodon is an extinct genus of cow-sized rhinoceroses. It was a medium sized herbivore on the plains of early Oligocene South Dakota 33 million years ago (White River Fauna), smaller than only the Brontops and the chalicotheres. Subhyracodon had no horns, relying more on its speed to escape
PORBEAGLE SHARK JAW jaws tooth fossil CASE Lamna
nasus complete set of teeth - very rare specimen $250.00
Specimen: A rather large jaw from Lamna nasus (Bonnaterre 1788) from
the North Sea Common Name: Porbeagle
Shark This specimen was part of
the Gerard R. Case collection. Gerry Case is a noted paleontologist and
specialist in fossil shark anatomy. Specimen Specifics:
Porbeagle shark jaws are rather hard to come across nowadays. This one
comes from the G.R. Case collection, and has a lot of potential. It looks a
bit larger than the one in my own collection, but I lack the time to really
clean this one up and make is look great! It measures 10.2 by 10.0 inches
(26.0 by 25.5 cm) and was caught in the North Sea off Belgium back in the
1970s by E. Vanderhoeft. It was received by Case on 5 December 1975 and was
part of his collection until recently, when he sold off some of his stuff,
including this jaw. It comes with the original tag written by Case
himself. Most of the teeth look to be in good shape. The cartilage could
use some cleaning however. G.R. Case Specimen Number:
0101
SHARPNOSE SHARK JAW jaws tooth fossil CASE
Rhizoprionodon CASE $50.00
Specimen: A jaw from the genus Rhizoprionodon sp. Common Name: Sharpnose
Shark (Undetermined species) This specimen was part of
the Gerard R. Case collection. Gerry Case is a noted paleontologist and
specialist in fossil shark anatomy. Specimen Specifics: A
sharpnose shark jaw from the collection of G.R. Case. This jaw measures 3.4
by 2.3 inches (8.5 by 5.8 cm) and is in fair shape. The genus is written on
the lawr jaw with ink. There is a blank tag attached with thread. The jaw
lacks data but would still be useful to add to a collection or for
comparison to fossil shark teeth. G.R. Case Specimen Number:
Not numbered Blue
Shark Jaw jaws New Zealand fossil tooth teeth CASE Prionace glauca Large
specimen $50.00 Specimen: A jaw from
Prionace glauca (Linneaus, 1758) Common Name: Blue shark Specimen Specifics: A blue
shark jaw that measures 10.2 inches by 10.0 inches (26.5 cm by 23.6 cm).
There is quite a bit of cartilage damage, including a larger chunk that is
all but fallen off the right hinge. The hinges themselves are in good shape
though. Most of the teeth are decente, with a few missing from the upper
jaw and some damage to the lower teeth along the sides. 
Blue Shark Jaw jaws New Zealand fossil tooth teeth
CASE Prionace glauca $50.00
Specimen: A jaw from Prionace glauca (Linneaus, 1758) Common Name: Blue shark This specimen was part of
the Gerard R. Case collection. Gerry Case is a noted paleontologist and
specialist in fossil shark anatomy. Specimen Specifics: Blue
shark jaw from the G.R. Case collection measures 18.4 by 16.5 cm (7.2 by 6.5
inches). Specimen was captured by I.W. Keyes in Hawke Bay, New Zealand. It
was received by Case on 7 October 1977. It was redetermined from C.
brachyurus to P. glauca by Case. It is clearly P. glauca. It comes with
two tags written by Case himself. The specimen number is written on the
lower jaw in permanent marker. There are many damaged teeth but the
cartilage looks sound. It comes with the original tags written by Case
himself.
G.R. Case Specimen Number: 0164
Chilosyllium punctatum Brown-banded bamboo shark JAW
jaws fossil tooth teeth $50.00
Chilosyllium Brown-banded bamboo shark JAW jaws fossil tooth teeth Specimen: Jaw from
Chilosyllium punctatum Müller & Henle, 1838 Common Name: Brown-banded
bamboo shark Specimen Specifics
Condition: Great shape
