4" Miniature Fossil Cluster (Bivalves, Brachiopods, Urchins) - France

This is an exquisite cluster of small marine fossils (bivalves, brachiopod, urchins, and crinoid) 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:

Bivalves - Pecten subfibrosus & Isodonta deshaysea
Brachiopod - Thurmanella thurmani
Crinoid - Millericrinus echinatus
Urchins - Polydiadema superbum, Holectypus depressus & Nucleolites micraulus

The entire cluster measures 4 x 2.3" 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.