05318 - Top Rare 2.22 Inch Fossilized Silicified Pine Cone EQUICALASTROBUS Eocene Sahara Desert Fish Scales Russell 1970

Russell 1970

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

basinal (carbonate)

This partial jaw was broken in small sector during the initial collecting efforts but all parts were put back together and there is no restoration and no fabrication

but the rich soft-bodied Fezouata biota paints a different evolutionary picture

05318 - Top Rare 2.22 Inch Fossilized Silicified Pine Cone EQUICALASTROBUS Eocene Sahara Desert Fish Scales Russell 1970Strangely weird specimen. It is a kind of Pine Cone that was not known until very recently. They are found fossilized in silica (silicified). They preserve the structures with amazing detail. Very rare species.