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(TABLE OF CONTENTS ON PAGE 1)
Contents: Manatee (dugong), gator,
oreodont, bison, horse, walrus, barracuda, turtle, Living Triops fossil; deer, fish, whale,
porpoise/dolphin, shark, ground sloth, marlin, drum fish, snake, sawfish, rhino, glyptodont, armadillo, tapir, ray, stingray,
modern stingray barbs, porcupine fish, seal, llama,
ferns, orthoceras, shells
Here's just a small sample of the fossils we have
available. These came from Aurora, North Carolina

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| MANATEE
(Dugong) FOSSILS
Ancestor to the manatee, one of the
first fossil animals in Florida, dating back to the Pleistocene era,
10,000 to 1.1 million years ago. Dugongs had tails like dolphins, modern manatee are
rounded. These fossils were found in the Peace and Santa Fe Rivers
in Florida.
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| MANATEE
VERTEBRAE |
#F-300-G
5" long x 2-1/2" wide $20
SOLD |
| MANATEE
TEETH are similar to human molars, used only for eating vegetation. Called "spit teeth", as they wear down and are shed and replaced
by new ones. They average 5/8" across, found in Florida in the Peace River.
$8.00 ea.
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#F300-S SOLD |
| MANATEE
RIB |
 #F-300-1
9" long x 1-3/8" wide x 1-1/4"
deep, 11.3 ounces
$25 SOLD
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| Photo
of manatee vertebrae from Aurora Museum, NC

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| GATOR/Alligator
FOSSILS |
| GATOR
SCUTES,
23 to 5 million years old (Miocene age),
Florida
(Dermal scutes are round or rectangular plates
with a vertical ridge and are found under the skin of the gator. They form
parallel ridges along the animal's back). See also Gators page 5 for
modern scutes!
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#F-301
scute is 2" x 1-3/4" $10
SOLD |
|
#F-301-C
Gator scute is 1-1/8 x 1-1/8"
$8.00 |
| ALLIGATOR
VERTEBRAE
(Alligator Mississippiensis)
Pleistocene Era, Taylor County, FL
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#F-301-M
3" across x 2-3/4" tall
$12 sold |
| OREODONT
FOSSILS (Oreodon or Merycoidodon
Culbertsoni)
NO, this is NOT an Oreo-eating dinosaur!
It is a short-legged, blunt-headed herbivore with 5 toes
on each front foot, and 4 on each rear foot. This mammal lived 30-35
million years ago in the Late Oligocene era. From the White River
Formation, Pennington County, South Dakota.

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| OREODONT
JAW FRAGMENTS
Nice collectible! $12.00
each |
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|
#F302-4
1" |
#F302-5
1" |
 #F302-6
1-3/8" |
 #F302-7
Two pieces, 1-1/4", 1-1/8" |
 #F302-8
Three pieces
1", 1/2", 1/2" |
 #F302-9
2" |
| PRICED
AS MARKED |
#F302-12
1-3/4" $14 |
#F302-13
1-3/8" $16 |
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#F302-16
2" $20 |
#F302-18
2-3/8" $20 |
#F302-19
2" $26 |
#F302-21
2" $26 |
#F302-22
2-7/8" $32 |
| Oreodont
(merycoidodon Culbertsoni) skeleton from the White River Badlands,
Oligocene Brule Formation, Crawford Nebraska; SHOWN
BY JEFF SPARKS OF MARYLAND AT THE AURORA FOSSIL CLUB SHOW
(disregard the placard behind
it in the1st photo)

Skeleton
Skull only |
| Fossil
BISON |
| BISON
LEG BONE |
| BISON
LEG BONE (Bison Antiquus)

Tibia end, Pleistocene epoch, 100,000 to 1.8
million years old. Peace River, Florida. Measures 9-1/4"
long x 3" at widest point.

#F-303 $45.00 |
| BISON
TEETH
(Antiquis occidentalis)
Average 2" long, from the Brule
Formation, Chadron, Nebraska. Pleistocene age, 100,000 to 1.8
million years old
$8.00 each unless marked |
#F-303C |
#F-303D |
#F-303G |
#F-303H |
#F-303-I |
#F-303-J |
#F-303-K |
#F-303-L |
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#F-303-N |
#F-303-O |
#F-303-P |
#F-303-Q $6 |
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#F-303-S $6 |
#F-303-T $6 |
#F-303-U $6 |
#F-303-V $6 |
#F-303-W $6 |
#F-303-X $6 |
#F-303-Y $6 |
#F-303-Z $6 |
#F-304-A $6 |
#F-304-B $6
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| FOSSIL
BISON BONES
Pleistocene, Holland |
#F-304-A Leg bone, 7" long x
2-3/8" widest x 1-1/2" deep, 1 pound $48 |
#F-304-B Leg bone, 10" long x
1-7/8" widest x 1-1/4" deep, 9.5 ounces
$35 |
#F-304-C Vertebrae
16" long x 5" wide x 3"
high
$85.00 |
#F-304-D Leg bone, 4-3/4" long x
2-3/8" widest x 1" deep $22 |
#F-304-E Leg bone, 9-1/2" long x
3" widest x 2-3/4" deepest, 1 pound, 2 ounces
$75 |
#F-304-F Leg socket, 3-3/4" long x
2-3/4" wide x 2-3/8" deep, 7 ounces
$22 |
#F-304-G Leg socket, 2-1/4" long x
2-3/4" wide x 2-1/2" deep, 4 ounces $18 |
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#F-304-I Leg bone, 5-3/4" long x
3" wide x 2-1/2" deep, 1 pound 2 ounces
$35 |
#F-304-J Leg bone, 6" long x
3-3/4" wide x 2-1/2" deep, 1 pounds 3 ounces
$40 |
| HORSE
FOSSILS
Equus, Pleistocene, 2 million years
old, Florida
Similar to modern horse, uppers are
square on the chewing surface, rectangular on the lower teeth.
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| HORSE
TEETH |
#F-305-E
2-1/8" $10 |
#F-305-G
2-1/8" $8 |
#F-305-K
2-1/8" $8 |
#F-305-L
2-1/8" $8 |
#F-305-Q
2-1/4" $8 |
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#F-305-T
2-1/2" $10 |
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| 3-toed
horse partial jaw with 1 tooth, Alaska |
#F-305-U 3-1/2" long
$45 |
| HORSE
BONES |
 #F-306-1
Horse leg bones (2 pieces not associated), 1st is 8" long x
1-3/4" wide x 1" deep and 2nd is 5-1/2" long x 1-5/8"
wide x 1-5/8" deep, 1 pound 4 ounces $85
for set Sold |
#F-306-2 Bone socket, 2-1/4"
long x 2-3/8" wide x 1-3/4" deep
$22 |
#F-306-3 Bone socket, 2-1/2" long x
2-3/8" wide x 1-1/4" deep
$22 |
#F-306-4 Bone socket, 2-3/4" long x
2-3/4" wide x 2-1/8" deep
$22 |
#F-306-5 Horse leg bone, 4-1/4"
long x 1-5/8" wide x 1-1/4" deep
$22 |
| HORSE
Jaw (photo display only) |
Hyracodon (horse like) jaw fragment with teeth |
| BARRACUDA
FOSSILS

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| BARRACUDA
TEETH,
average 5 to a set, 1/2 to 1" size,
$7.00/set |
#F-306-F SOLD |
| FOSSIL
TURTLE
Rivers of Florida, Pleistocene Age From
snappers, sea turtles, soft-shelled turtles, box turtles and giant land
tortoises. Land tortoises had many small plates and spurs on their
legs and along their bodies and necks. Soft-shell turtle shells have
dimples like a peanut shell. |
| TURTLE SHELL
SCUTES & FRAGMENTS
$6 each unless otherwise marked
|
#F-308-A
1-7/8 x 1-3/4" x 1/2" thick
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#F-308-B
2-3/4 x -1-1/2 x 3/8" thick
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#F-308-C
2-1/4 x 1-1/4 x 5/16" thick
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#F-308-D
2 x 1-3/4 x 1/2" thick
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#F-308-E
3 x 3" nuchal scute (front of carapace
above neck) $10 |
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#F-308-H
4-1/2 x 2 x 3/4" thick $10 |
#F-308-L
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#F-308-M
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#F-308-O
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#F-308-P
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#F-308-Q
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#F-308-R
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#F-308-S set
of 2
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#F-308-T
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#F-308-U
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#F-308-V
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#F-308-W
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#F-308-X
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#F-308-Y
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#F-308-Z
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#F-309
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#F-309-A
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| FOSSIL
TORTOISE LEG SPURS (what are those?
- they are the round nodules on the tortoise or sea turtle's flippers like
armor for their legs, see below)

Average
size is 1-1/2" diameter. $8 each |
#F-309-C
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#F-309-D
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#F-309-E
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#F-309-F
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#F-309-G
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#F-309-H
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#F-309-I
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#F-309-K
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| Fossil
Logger head turtle head is HUGE! (display only)

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LIVING
TRIOPS FOSSIL?
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#F-310
Living fossil packet! This material contains eggs from
the tadpole Shrimp-Apus longicaudatus Le Conte (Triops) which dates back
to Triassic time (190 million years ago). It has a shield-like carapace
covering most of the body which makes it resemble a trilobite. The eggs
can survive long periods without water and through temperature changes and still
hatch as soon as rain produces a lake. Found only in the western
U.S. Add water and watch them hatch. Then let it dry and start all
over again!
(3 available)
$13.00 |
| Xiphactinus
audax
"Sword-ray" FISH
The LARGEST bony fish that ever
lived, it grew up to 18' long, distantly related to tarpon. It had a
voracious appetite, swallowed fish whole, some six feet or more in
length. There are fossils excavated showing a "fish within the
fish" such as this fossil found in Kansas in 1982. The fish it
swallowed was 6 feet long!

See Fossils
Page 11 for more photos of these
awesome fish
(Cretaceous Period, from Gove County,
Kansas Formation)
$18 each
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VERTEBRAE |
#F-315
2-1/4 diameter x 1-1/2" tall |
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#F315-C
2" diameter x 1-1/2" tall |
#F315-D
2-1/4" diameter x 1-1/8" tall |
#F315-I
2" diameter x 1-1/2" tall |
#F315-J
2-1/4" diameter x 1-1/2" tall |

#F-315-KK
2-1/4" wide x 1" across x
1-1/4" tall |
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| I
learned something new! Parrot fish have not only the outer crushing
jaws, but jaws at the beginning of the throat too! Here is a fossil
set of these, called "pharyngeal jaws". Compliments of a
Fossil Club member at the Aurora show

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#F-315-L Associated, unidentified modern
fish vertebrae average 3-1/8" for the longest, 3/8" for the
smallest, found on Myrtle Beach SC. OKAY it's not a fossil but I'm
half right on this page, it's FISH! Set for $20.00 |
| WHALE
FOSSILS
Scaldicetus species
Pliocene to Miocene Era (1.8 to 25
million years old), found in North & South Carolina
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| WHALE
BALEEN (not fossil)
Wide strips of baleen (which is made from
keratin, the same material your fingernails or horses hooves are made of)
with fringes of hair hang down from the inside of the Baleen Whale's mouth
like strips in a car wash. Plankton catch on the hairs which are
then licked off by the whale's tongue and swallowed. (See Alaska page 5
under BALEEN for etchings on baleen available for sale, by Alaskan Native
Eskimo):

Alaska Page 6
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| Here
is an exquisite basket made of strips of whale baleen by Inuit in Alaska,
topped with a whale tale of walrus ivory and a bottom disk of ivory.
These retail for a minimum of $400. This one is a gift from Glenn to
Heidi

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| WHALE
VERTEBRAE
From South Carolina rivers (St. John's, St.
Mary's or Cooper River) near Charleston SC unless otherwise indicated
|
#F-317-A
Partial, 2-1/4" wide and tall $10 |
#F-317-C
1-1/2" tall x 3" diameter $12 |
#F-317-D
6-1/2" diameter x 3-1/2" tall
$50 |
#F-317-F
2" diameter x 1-3/8" tall $20 |
#F-317-2 2"
long x 3-1/4" wide x 1-1/2" deep $22 |
#F-317-3
2" long x 4-3/4" wide x 4" deep
$32 |
#F-318-A
7" diameter x 9" tall $95.00 |
#F-318-D from
Aurora NC is 5-1/2" diameter x 6" tall (repaired, stable).
$45 |
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#F318-F
4" diameter
$40 |
#F318-H
3-1/4" diameter
$25 |
#F318-I
2-3/4" diameter
$35 |
#F318-J
3" diameter
$35 |
#F318-K
3" diameter
$30 |
#F318-L
3-1/4" diameter
$25 |
#F318-M
3" diameter
$25 |
#F318-N
3" diameter
$25 |
#F318-O
2-1/4" diameter
$35 |
#F318-P
2-3/8" diameter
$25 |
| WHALE
RIB BONES |
#F-318-1 2-3/4"
long x3-1/4" wide x 1-1/4" deep $14 |
#F-318-2
6-3/4" long x 1-3/4" wide x
1-1/4" deep
$20 |
#F-318-3
8-1/2" long x 2" wide x 1-1/2"
deep
$28 |
#F-318-4
4-1/4" long x 2-1/4" wide x 2"
deep
$30 |
#F-318-5
4-1/4" long x 2-3/4" wide x
1-1/8" deep
$18 |
#F-318-6
6-1/4" long x 1-3/4" wide x
1-1/2" deepest
$22 |
#F-318-7
4-1/2" long x 2-7/8" wide x
1-3/4" deep
$24 |
#F-318-8
5-1/2" long x 1-3/4" wide x
1-1/8" deep
$18 |
#F-318-9
4" long x 1-1/4" wide x 7/8"
deep
$12 |
#F-318-10
3-1/2" long x 2" wide x 1" deep
$15 |
| WHALE
SKULL BONES |
#F-319-1 6"
long x 2-1/2" wide x 1-1/8" deep (posterior process, attaches to
back part of the bulla ear bone) $25 |
#F-319-2 4-1/4"
long x 2-1/4" wide x 1-1/8" deep (posterior process, attaches to
back part of the bulla ear bone) $18 |
#F-319-3
4-3/4" long x 2" wide x 1" deep
(posterior process, attaches to back part of the bulla ear bone)
$18 |
#F-319-4
6" long x 2-1/2" wide x 1" deep
(posterior process, attaches to back part of the bulla ear bone)
$25 |
#F-319-5
3-1/2" long x 3" wide x 1-3/4"
deep
$26 |
| MISC.
WHALE BONES |
#F-319-50 Scapula, 8-3/4" long x
5" widest x 2" deep
$85 |
#F-319-60 Flipper bone, 5-5/8" long
x 1-1/2" wide x 7/8" deep
$50 |
| FOSSIL
SPERM
WHALE TEETH- South Carolina |
|
$12
each |
|

#F-319-100 2-5/8"
long x 3/8" thick |

#F-319-101
2-3/4" long X
1/2" thickest |
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$16
each |
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#F-319-200
3" long x 5/8" thick |

#F-319-201
3-1/8" long X
9/16" thickest |
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| $20
each |
#F-320-1 (Mineralized, 10,000 years old)
4" long |
#F-320-2
3-1/8" long |
#F-320-3
2-1/2" long |
#F-320-4A
3-3/8" long |
#F-320-5 3-1/2" long |
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#F-320-8 3" long |
#F-320-9 3-1/8" long |
#F-320-10 3-3/8" long |
#F-320-11 2-5/8" long |
#F-320-12 2-3/4' long |
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#F-320-14 2-3/8" long |
#F-320-15 2-1/8" long |
#F-320-16 2-1/4" long |
| $25
each |
#F-320-17 3-3/8" long |
#F-320-18 3-3/4" long |
#F-320-19 3-1/2" long |
#F-320-20 3-1/2" long |
#F-320-22 3-3/4" long |
#F-320-23 3-3/8" long |
#F-320-25 3-1/4" long |
#F-320-26 3-1/8" long |
| $30
each |
#F-320-27 4-1/8" long |
#F-320-28 4" long |
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#F-320-29 4" long, hole on tip |
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#F-320-31 4-1/4" long |
#F-320-32 4-1/8" long |
#F-320-33 3-3/4" long |
#F-320-34 3-3/4" long, smooth on
one side |
#F-320-35 3-7/8" long |
#F-320-36 3-5/8" long |
| $40
each |
#F-320-37 4-1/4" long |
#F-320-38 4-3/4" long |
#F-320-40 4-1/8" long |
#F-320-41 4" long |
#F-320-42 3-7/8" long |
#F-320-43 3-15/16" long |
#F-320-44 3-7/8" long |
#F-320-46 3-7/8" long |
| Priced
as marked |
#F-320-47 4-5/8" long $60 |
#F-320-48 5" long $50 |
#F-320-50 5-1/4" long $70 |
#F-320-51 4-1/4" long $40 |
#F-320-52 4-1/4" long $40 |
#F-320-53 4-1/8" long $50 |
#F-320-54 4-7/8" long
$55 |
|
WHALE
EAR BONE fossils
(Cooper
River, South Carolina) and YES they DO look like our own ears, go figure!
Here's a diagram so you can see where it is in the whale's ear:
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| Extra-Large;
Average 4 to 4-1/8" long
$25 each |
#F-320-100 |
#F-320-101 |
#F-320-102 with barnacle |
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Large - Average 3-1/2" to 3-7/8" long
$20
each |
|

#F-321-2 |

#F-321-3 |

#F-321-4 |

#F-321-5 |

#F-321-6 |

#F-321-7 |
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Medium - Average 3-1/4" long
$15 each |
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#F-321-100 |
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#F-321-104 |
Small - Average 2-1/2" to 3-1/8" long
$12
each |
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#F-321-202 |

#F-321-206 |

#F-321-209 |

#F-321-210 |

#F-321-211 |

#F-321-212 |

#F-321-213 |

#F-321-214 |
| Photo
of Heidi with whale outside the North Carolina Fossil Club show in
Whiteville NC 2004

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| Whale
balloon display at the Science Museum in Tampa FL where we went to see the
Body Human Exhibit there in January of '06

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| Rare
toothed whale (Squalodon Atlanticus) teeth at the Aurora Fossil Museum in NC |
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Back
bone displayed by Powell at the Aurora Fossil club show (below) from the
Calvert Formation along the Potomac River in VA; a 14 foot whale, it took
6 months to prepare/stabilize the backbone.

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Primitive toothed whale dentition (Basilosauridae
sp., South Carolina) at Aurora Fossil Museum (NC)
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Whale vertebrae and other vertebrae on display
at the museum (left) and whale disk pad shown above vertebrae (right)

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Whale
baleen layers as it is in the whale's mouth (left) and young baleen
(right)

Archacocete (extinct whale) tooth |
Sperm whale teeth and inner ear bone |
| And
a whale skull on display at the Georgia Aquarium, downtown Atlanta:

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|
EDUCATIONAL life-sized BLUE WHALE
NAMED WENDI
 
5/17/03. We are at the Carolina Forest High School in Myrtle Beach SC
where teacher Art Hawley (right) inspired the National Science Honor Society
students to build a life-size blue whale (an endangered species, the numbers
have gone from 200,000 in 1900 to about 10,000 now) to emphasize the size of the
largest animal in the world (100 feet long!). They laid out and taped
together heavy plastic with packing tape, named it Wendi the Whale, and attached
a rented blower at the tail end to inflate it! Duct tape defines the
designs for the mouth and eyes on the sides. A great way to heighten
awareness of our environment! Our hats are off to you, Art, and your
students!
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Here three students from the Honor Society are ready to explain more details
about Wendi the Whale, they're sitting inside the MOUTH of it! Glenn is
standing in the midsection inside the whale in the picture on the right - Glenn,
there IS a light at the end of the tunnel, but the tunnel is not what you
THINK! Pretend you're Jonah, and fill in the blanks....
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| PORPOISE/DOLPHIN
FOSSILS
from East Coast, North & South Carolina,
Miocene Age (5-24 million years old)
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| VERTEBRAE |
|


#F-323
Fossil Porpoise vertebrae is 3" long x 1-1/2" tall
$15.00 |
#F-325 Fossil Porpoise vertebrae is
3-1/2" long x 3-1/4" tall.
$20.00
|
 #F325-A
1-5/8" diameter x 2" tall $12.00 |
#F325-B
1-3/4" diameter x 2-1/4" tall
$14.00 |
#F325-C 2-1/2" diameter x 2" tall
$14.00 |
| EAR
BONES; average size
1-1/4" long x 3/4" wide; Miocene Age, North Carolina.
Example photo below, the ones on the left are bulla bones, the ones on the
right are periotic bones
$7 each |
#F-325-E15 |
#F-325-L |
#F-325-O |
#F-325-P |
| EARBONES
(periotic) This is a traditional amulet in Japan. From ancient
times, it was collected by fishermen & made into necklaces, as it is
believed to protect from typhoon or accident. Today, it is popular
among surfers in Japan for the same reason; Miocene
Age, North Carolina
$7.00 each
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| DOLPHIN
TEETH (rare!) from a large dolphin, Eurhinodelphis bossi

From the St. John's River, South Carolina,
average 3-5 million years old. Measured over
curve of tooth. |

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of Dolphin Atlas vertebrae (correction from sign in the photo) from the Aurora Fossil Museum in NC

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| Photo
of a modern porpoise skull from the Dinosaur Resource Center in Woodland
Park, Colorado:

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| SHARK
FOSSILS
(See the "Sharks" pages for
oodles of sharks teeth as jewelry or collector display items) |
| SHARK
VERTEBRAE, average 1" across, 1-3/8" tall.
$5.00 each |
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| Angustiden
(prehistoric great white) shark vertebrae collection, compliments of the
Aurora Fossil Museum in NC

Comparison of modern and fossil shark
vertebrae from the Aurora museum

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Above is a megalodon vertebrae on display |
Here is my Glenn holding an amazing walking
cane made of shark vertebrae. Trish of Durham NC found it at an
antique show and purchased it where she had it at the Aurora NC Fossil
Club display. Glenn sold a similar one to Ripley's Museum in Myrtle
Beach where it is still on display. |
| Complete
Fossil Sawfish blade
Sawfish rostrum (single tooth of saw)
and part of sawfish blade ...
 
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Look like shark skin? It's actually
fossilized bark of
the 100-foot, scaly barked Lepidodendron tree (photo below), a plant
fossil found in coal seams around Tennessee, dated to the Pennsylvanian
period (300 million years old).
Below is David who found this specimen in West
Virginia on the Ohio River near Harts. We at first thought it was
petrified coral. I think
he's pleased with his find! We were delighted he shared it with us.
 
Below are photos of a
similar specimen at the Fossil Club show in Whiteville NC

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| GROUND
SLOTH

Eremotherium eomigrans,
which has been found in 2.2 million year-old sediments in Florida, reached
a length of 6 meters and had the bulk of a bull elephant, as tall as 17
feet. Thick bones & joints, a powerful animal against
predators. Unlike today's sloths, they had 5 fingers, 4 of them
claws, the biggest nearly a foot long!
Vertebrae |
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| DRUM
FISH JAW & TEETH (Pogonias cromis)
Miocene era
(Also known as Sheepshead) Here is a
photo of a modern drum fish jaw, the cobblestone-like teeth used to crush
oysters. They also have teeth in their THROATS to continue crushing
their food, called Pharyngeal Teeth.

And a photo of a drum fish, they average 30
pounds:

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| SNAKE
VERTEBRAE
From Pleistocene Age, found in the
Steinhatchee River in Taylor County, Florida. Vertebrae are from a
Lampropeltine snake related to the King snake.
$8 (unless
marked otherwise)
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deformed $6 |
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| SAWFISH
ROSTRUM TEETH
PRISTIS
(SAWFISH) ROSTRAL TOOTH
Florida,
U.S.A.
MIOCENE
PERIOD: 23 million years ago
This
is a fossil sawfish rostral tooth from the pristis species of sawfish.
Similar to
the modern day sawfish, this creature had a long, hard shovel-shaped snout
lined on both sides with long, spine-like teeth (these are the spine-like
teeth offered for sale here). Modern Sawfish are very lethargic
animals, spending much of their day nestled in the muddy sea/river floor.
At night, they scull slowly through the shallows, using their sensitive
saw to find buried prey, which are then raked from the sediment to be
consumed. It is useful to view the sawfishes' unique rostrum like a metal
detector combined with a clam rake. If small fishes, like mullet,
swim past a hungry sawfish, this great ray will launch from the bottom,
slashing its toothy weapon rapidly side to side. Gouged by the snout's
awl-shaped teeth, injured fishes tumble to the sea floor, now immobilized
and easy to catch. The toothy rostrum is also a weapon of defense.
When threatened, sawfishes will smack this jagged sword against attackers,
whether they be sharks or fishermen. Generally, though, sawfishes are very
gentle animals, preferring to lie quietly, undisturbed.
Roughly
40 species of modern sawfishes are known; only a handful survive today. |
#F-340-B Thirteen sawfish rostrum teeth
average 1/2 to 3/4" $6.00 SOLD,
watch for more |
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an example of a BIG sawfish blade, notice the size of the rostrum teeth
along the sides:

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ALSO
see the Sawfish blades we have for sale, item #W-6 series here on Weirdest
page 1:
Weirdest
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| RHINO
RHINOCEROS FOSSILS |
| FOSSIL
RHINO
TEETH Teleoceras hicksi
Terrestrial Mammal Fossils
Miocene Epoch; Bone Valley Formation,
Polk County, Florida, USA
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| FOSSIL
RHINO JAW |
#F-341-C Jaw piece with one tooth (South
Dakota) is 2-1/4" wide x 3/4" thick x 1-3/4" long.
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| GLYPTODONT
Scutes
(Glyptotherium
floridanum)
Horse Creek, Florida, Pleistocene Era
Below is a photo of a GLYPTODONT
at the State Museum in Columbia, SC, and a close up of the bony growths on
the back like an alligator, called
"scutes"
Glyptodont
(Greek for “grooved or carved tooth”) is a slow-moving, herbivorous
member of the Armadillo family but the size of a small car (1000 kg,
armor up to 5 cm thick, it was 5 feet tall x 10 feet long. The
GLYPTODONT Scutes (the bony armor/osteoderm) kept this huge creature
safe from predators. It went extinct 10,000 years ago. The teeth
resemble a capybara. The Glyptodon's feeding habit was to graze
along a water's edge, where both capybara & glyptodont fossils are
commonly found. It originated in South America and spread
northward to North America. Most glyptodont fossils are found in
Florida.
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| GLYPTODONT
DERMAL SCUTES, $10 each |
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| ARMADILLO
SCUTES,
Florida River, Pleistocene Era
From the giant
armadillo (Holmesina septentrionalis), much larger than today's armaillo.
The giants had 36 teeth, hundreds of bony scutes, both retangular and
pentagonal in shape, four toes on front feet, three on the back. Color is typically
black from the carbon & manganese mineral content in the ground where
it fossilized. A “Scute” is a section from the external bony or horny
plate, enlarged scales covering the exterior of some animals such as
turtle, armadillo or the extinct glyptodont. This polygonal-shaped plate
is part of the flexible armor of a giant Ice Age armadillo or "pampathere".
These creatures migrated to the southeastern United States from Central
and South America.
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| TAPIR
TEETH (Tapirus veroensis)
Found in the Withlahoochee River
(Florida), Pleistocene Era

An Odd-toed Ungulate, semi-aquatic, a hoofed mammal
that represents herbivorous animals today. They are bizarre
creatures with heavy pig-like bodies, large odd-toed hoofed feet and long,
flexible snouts like an elephant's but shorter. A large tapir lower
tooth resembles that of a small mastodon tooth. Tapirs today remain unchanged since they first
evolved millions of years ago.
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| RAY
MOUTH PLATES, South Carolina coast, Eocene era
Photo of large section of lower jaw tooth plate (on the floor of the
mouth) of a duckbill ray. The other side has smooth chevrons used as
crushing plates.
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| STING
RAY
FOSSILS

Above photo, compliments of the
Aurora Fossil Museum in North Carolina detailing stingray barb information.
Link to photos of a 198 pound stingray (look
halfway down the page on this link):
http://www.carpecarpio.com:80/freshwaterstingray.html
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| STING
RAY BARBS, from Florida Rivers and Gulf Coast shores and reefs.
Pleistocene Era.
$5.00/set, below |
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| Rare
stingray mouth plate on display by Powell at the Aurora Fossil show

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| MODERN
STING RAY (Stingray) BARBS
Thai Freshwater Stingray, Himantura chaophraya

From legally caught rays for their
skin and meat, in Thailand
Note the two edges are like fish
hooks, smooth on one side, hooked on the other, so it can slash from the
side, or from being poked into something, making a jagged wound coming
out:

Yes! This is the same type of
sting ray barb that killed Steve Irwin, you can see why. |
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average 1-1/2 to 2-5/8" long
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Photo of large stingray barb from Australia in
our collection (not for sale)...

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Glenn is holding another walking cane from
Trish of Durham at the Aurora NC Fossil Club display that is made of an
entire STING RAY TAIL including the BARB. An amazing item! |
| Rare
Fossil Mico Teeth
They are teeny tiny!

Follow link to: Sharks
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| PORCUPINE
FISH (puffer fish)
Chevron MOUTH PLATES
Eocene Era, South Carolina coast
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| SEAL
FOSSILS
California and Alaska

This sea lion ancestor Allodesmus
thrived in the Miocene bay that covered what is now Bakersfield.
Many of its skulls have been found.
Judging by the number found in the
local Sharktooth Hill bone bed, large numbers of the animal lived in this
area during the Middle Miocene (13.5 to 15 million years ago).
An almost-complete skeleton of
Enaliarctos, the ancestor to modern seals and sea lions and to Allodesmus,
an extinct sea lion genus, was discovered in Northern California.
Allodesmus looked much like modern sea lions, but had some important
differences.
Allodesmus had large eyes, which helped it see
underwater, but, unlike sea lions, its ears were unsuited for hearing
underwater. Allodesmus declined into extinction about 10 million years
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| SEAL
VERTEBRAE |
#F-354 4-1/2" long x 3-5/8"
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| SEAL/SEA
LION CANINE TEETH, Miocene, Bakersfield CA |
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1-1/2", back of tooth has enamel
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FOSSIL SEAL CANINE TEETH
This genuine fossilized seal
canine tooth was excavated by Native Eskimo of the Siberian Yup’ik
tribe from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska (off the coast of Alaska in the
Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean), 100% privately owned land by these Native
people.
Estimated age: 20,000 years old, from the
Mesolithic Ice Age.
Average 1" long; estimated age:
20,000 years old
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| LLAMA
FOSSILS
50,000 years old, Pleistocene,
Suwanee River, Florida
There are three living genera and six species in the
Camelidae family. They include the Old World 'true camels', the Dromedary
(single-humped) and Bactrian (two-humped) camels, and the four New World
llamines; llamas, vicunas, alpacas, and guanacos. Llamines, or llamas, are
distinguished from camels in that they lack a hump, they have more of a
domed cranium which houses a larger brain then camels, and they have a
distinct enamel "buttress" on their molars.
Camelids first appear in the fossil record in the middle
Eocene of North America. From the first distinguishable fossil camelid (Poebrodon)
through to the Recent forms, camelids have ranged in size from about 3
feet tall (Genticamelus), to approximately 17 feet tall at the head
(Aepycamelus). Over 50 species have been recognized in the fossil
record, although today only 6 species remain.
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| LLAMA
VERTEBRAE |
#F-355 Superb Llama vertebrae is
3-1/2" long x 3" wide x 3-1/2" tall. $55.00 sold |
| LLAMA
TEETH $10 each |
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| FOSSIL
FERN in slate, Pennsylvanian Period, 350 million years old,
St. Clair, Pennsylvania; fern has been replaced with white pyrophyllite and
brown iron oxide |
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1/2" thick tapering to an edge
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thick
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$20.00 |
#F-356-F 2-3/4 x 3-1/4, a thin
1/16" slice
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| ORTHOCERAS
FOSSILS
Orthoceras, straight horn shell fossil, a type of cephalopod,
Ordovician era, 450 million years old, from Morocco is 1-1/2" long.
Great addition for the new fossil collector!
The Orthoceras marble fossils are excavated near the town of Erfoud in Southern Morocco,
Africa. Here's a local map of Erfoud:
http://www.multimap.com/wi/32279.htm
and a picture map of Morocco showing
Erfoud:
http://www.matchtours.com/history/map.htm
There are marble factories in Erfoud
that polish the gray marble containing the ammonite and orthoceras fossils and
cut them into tables, plates and many into display items.
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Orthoceras shell fossil, fully 3D, 3-1/4"
long x 3/4" diameter.
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| ORTHOCERAS
MARBLIZED FOSSILS
Average size 3-1/2" $12.00 each |
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MARBLIZED FOSSILS
Average size 2-3/4 to 3"
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| ORTHOCERAS
MARBLIZED FOSSILS
Average size 2 to 2-1/2" $8.00 each |
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| Riker
mounts of Fossil SHELL specimens |
#F-393
Whale tooth (2-1/4", vertebrae disk pad (1-1/8" diameter);
turtle shell 2-1/4 x 1-7/8"; coral (2") and mammal bone
4-1/4"; Lee Creek, NC
$20 |
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13 small fossil shells in a Riker mount 6-1/4" x 5-1/4"
x 3/4" high, glass top. Comes with a free field guide to fossils &
shells.
$22 |
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7 fossil shells in a Riker mount 6-1/4" x 5-1/4" x
3/4" high, glass top, comes with a free field guide to fossils &
shells.
$25 |
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6 fossilized branch coral including one matrix, great
specimens. In a Riker mount 6-1/4" x 5-1/4" x 3/4" high,
glass top, comes with a free field guide to fossils & shells
$20 |
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9 fossil shells & branch coral in a Riker mount 6-1/4" x
5-1/4" x 3/4" high, glass top, comes with a free field guide to
fossils & shells.
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