"Freeze-Dried Specimens"

Rhynchotreta cuneata

This remarkable resin cast features one of the most complete examples of a near contemporary of Archaeopteryx. Recently found in Liaoning Province in China, this fossil bird displays the earliest evidence of truly beaked birds with clear body contour feathers.

Small, highly ribbed, with excellent detail. Average size: ¹/₂" to ³/₄" diameter. Germany. It is a larger sized Pleuroceras for display. Average size: 1" to 1 ¾". Germany.

A rare and finely-detailed example of a Permian rhachitomous amphibian with well-defined skull bones and appendages. Germany.

Set of commonly studied fossils.

Replica of the famous “chicken–size” dinosaur skeleton.

Nearly complete enrolled trilobites. Fine quality. Average size: 3/4–1". Morocco.

Whorl-shaped leaf impressions on shale.

Solitary scleractinian coral with a prominent grooved mouth region.

Excellent complete skeletal replica of this rare Chinese fossil placodont, a primitive sauropterygian reptile. China.

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.

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.

Dictyoclostus bassi

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Coal bed leaf impression. Hand specimen.

A detailed skull replica of a 230 million year old rhachitomous amphibian. Size: 5"L x 3 ¹/₄"W x 1"H. Resin. Europe.