2.8" Miniature Fossil Cluster (Ammonites, Gastropods) - France

This is an exquisite cluster of small marine fossils (ammonites, gastropod, bivalves, saltwater clam, and brachiopod) which have been prepared using acid-etching techniques. The detail of these small marine fossils is amazing and it's a very displayable piece. These miniature fossils clusters were discovered a few years back in France, near the Austrian border. I haven't seen them on the market anywhere else. They are Jurassic in age (Oxfordian Stage), or approximately 159 million years old.

The identifiable species include:
Ammonites - Peltoceratoides sp. & Richeiceras frequens
Gastropod - Procerithium russiense
Bivalves - Myophorella perlata, Macrodon elongatus, Astarte elegans & Astarte multiformis
Brachiopod - Thurmanella thurmani
Saltwater clam - Nucula cf. Menckii

The entire cluster measures 2.8 x 2" and has been mounted to an acrylic display base with a high-quality hot glue to ensure the specimen makes it to you in one piece.