3.5" Miniature Fossil Cluster (Ammonites, Scaphopods) - France

This is an exquisite cluster of small marine fossils (ammonites, gastropod, bivalve, scaphopods, and brachiopods) 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 - Cardioceras sp. & Campylites sp.
Gastropod - Procerithium russiense
Bivalve - Trigonia desicostata
Scaphopods - Dentialium entaloides
Brachiopod - Thurmanella thurmani


The entire cluster measures 3.5 x 2.2" 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.