Metacanthina barrandei in matrix
Metacanthina barrandei from the Middle Devonian period (395 million years) of the Djebel Issoumour area, Atlas Mountains - Morocco.
Mounted in a black lacquered wood base.
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Metacanthina barrandei from the Middle Devonian period (395 million years) of the Djebel Issoumour area, Atlas Mountains - Morocco.
Mounted in a black lacquered wood base.
Red and black butterflies from Peru glass dome.
Composed by 3 Heliconius doris, 3 Adelpha lara, 3 Pereute callinira, 2 Heurytides hormodius and 2 Amarriate amathea.
Beautifully mounted in a Red Moor wood piece, previously treated and harmless, for the security and prevention of any bacterial problem.
A true One of a Kind piece.
Cretaceous Albian period (100 to 145 million years) from Madagascar.
Spectacular big size opalized Cleoniceras group with other ammonite specie.
One of a kind decor piece!
A great echinoderm Blastoide, from East Timor Permic beds, in an exotic tecula wood base.
Deltablastus permicus in matrix, from the Permiam period (circa 250 million years).
Brass glass dome with two Papilio ulysses from Ceram - Moluccan Island, a superb exclusive species with bright contrast of black and deep blue.
Papilio ulysses - popularly named as Ulysses Butterfly, Blue Mountain Swallowtail, Mountain Blue or Blue Emperor - it is a butterfly of the Papilionidae family and Papilioninae subfamily, found in the Australian biogeographic region and native to the Wallacea area and the island of Nova Guinea, Bismarck archipelago and Northern Australia.
Phacops sp. from the Middle Devonian period ( 395 million years ) of the Djebel Issoumour area, Atlas Mountains - Morocco.
Prepared and restored, excellent for beginner collectors or as decor piece, in an acrylic base.
Argema mittrei ( female ) - Madagascar Moon butterfly is a very big size moth, with a beautiful colour and shape.
A nature prodigy from Madagascar.
Displayed in a glass cage.
Diplomystus Dentatus fish from the Paleogene, Eocene, 53.500,000 to 48.500,000 years.
An ancestor of the herring family, a very finely boned fish which is extremely difficult to prepare from the Lagerstätte varve layer of the Eocene limestones of the Green River formation 18-inch layer.
These predator fish came from the prehistoric fossil lakes. The lower Eocene deposits of Green River formation was thought to be a large freshwater lake. The calcite would be absorbed by the remains of the fish, transforming their bones into a hard mineralized deposit in the slightly softer and lighter colored limestone shales.
Mounted in a handmade brass frame that can be fixed in three different ways.
Glass dome with three Hebomoia leucippe butterflies.
Great and vivid colors!
Nicaisolopha nicaisei from Upper Cretaceous of Cajamarca Peru, mounted in a white lacquered wood base.
Glass dome with 4 Doxocopa cherubina and 2 Prepona dexamenus, from Perú.
These two species belong to the Nymphalidae family, the metalic blue mixed with the black make them a unique decor piece.
Sperm whale fossil teeth from the Miocene period ( 23 to 5 million years ) of USA.
Beautiful rare decor piece, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.
Pharmacophagus antenor, the giant swallowtail, is a butterfly from the family Papilionidae.
As the common name implies, it is large (12 to 14cm wingspan) and endemic to Madagascar.
It is the only species in the afro-tropical genus Pharmacophagus.
Glass dome with specimen of great beauty, for your home decoration!
Stunning ammonite with red opalization on the surface, in a white lacquered wood base.. Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resemble the squid we know today.
These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. Ammonites are closely related to a living octopus, though the shells resemble that of a nautilus.
Every stone is unique and one of a kind. These fossils come from the Mahajanga River Basin, near the village of Ambatolafia of northwest Madagascar, located in the former province of Mahajanga/Majunga. They are dated from the Early Cretaceous period, Albian age (100 to 113.0 million years ago).
Glass dome with giant moth, from Thailand.
Male and female of Argema mittrei known as Comet moth or Madagascan moon moth, is a huge beautiful dark yellow moth, seldom seen in this quality.
Male and female of Actias selene known as Indian moon moth or Indian luna moth, is a species of saturniid moth from Asia.
This species is popular among amateur entomologists. They fly mainly at night.
Vasum Locklini - a Turbinellidae from the Caenozoic period (around 3 million years) from Florida - USA.
Always a beautiful intricate shell, mounted in a black lacquered wood base.
3 Sazakia charonda, Japanese Emperor or Great Purple Emperor, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.It is native to Japan (from Hokkaidō to Kyūshū), the Korean Peninsula, China, northern Taiwan and northern Vietnam. Its wingspan averages 50 mm (2.0 in) for males, and 65 mm (2.6 in) for females. They are common in the upper canopies of forests, only coming down to feed or to find salt sources. These ones from Korea.
And 3 Lexias pardalis jadeitina, the Common Archduke, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, has a wingspan reaching about 80–90 millimetres (3.1–3.5 in). The upperside of the wings of the male are black with shimmering greenish-blue margins, especially in the hindwings. The uppersides of the cryptic wings of the larger females are dark brown with several rows of yellow spots, a pale green pattern on the lower wings. The wing pattern of yellow spots continue across the thorax and the abdomen. This ones are females and came from Thailand.
Olenus sp. ( Trilobite ) a twin specimen in matrix, in a black granite base, from Marroco.
Big size specimen from the Devonian period ( 400/350 million years ), for collectors but also a great decor piece.
Polished Orthoceras slab fossil with over 400 million years.
As these forms of prehistoric squid were covered in ocean sediments prior to fossilization, the majority of the creatures will be facing in the same relative position, having been lined up by currents on the sea floor prior to being buried. The fossils are exposed and given a high polish to better view the creatures from their surrounding matrix.
The slab features very high relief as well as dramatic texture and detail they had tentacles and ink sacs, much like present-day squid. Except for belemnites, cephalopods had external shells with hollow internal chambers separated by walls called septa. Devonian period, circa 410 million years, Anti-Atlas Mountains - Southern Morocco - mounted in a black granite base.
A Papilio antenor in a white wood glass frame.
The Madagascar giant swallowtail, is a butterfly from the family Papilionidae. As the common name implies, it's large (12– to 14-cm wingspan) and endemic to Madagascar. It is the only species in the genus Pharmacophagus.
Phacops sp. from the Middle Devonian period ( 395 million years ) of the Djebel Issoumour area, Atlas Mountains - Morocco.
Prepared and restored, excellent for beginner collectors or as decor piece, in a black lacquered wood base.
Very special glass vitrine with three Kalima inachus, from Thailand and three Salamis anteva, from Madagascar.
The two species named as Deadleaf butterflies, because when the wings closed they look like a dead leaf and so predators don't catch them. One of each butterfly is mounted showing from the back side position to show the similarity with a dead leaf.
Balanocidaris glandifera - fossil sea urchin - Carapace with radiolas, in a acrilic base.
Excellent fossil of a sea urchin in life position. The hedgehog and spines have preserved the finest details and have been carefully arranged in a living position. The radiolas preserve the original colouring patterns. It is a fossil worthy of a museum.
Sea urchin with spines up to 11 cm, from Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridgian (152.1-157.3 million years) - France.
A beautiful glass frame with 3 speciemen of each of Charaxes brutus and C. candiope showing both sides of the wings.
Charaxes brutus, the White-barred Emperor or White-barred Charaxes, both butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.
Charaxes candiope, the Green-veined Emperor or Green-veined charaxes are very territorial and according to the Guinness World Records is the most aggressive butterfly in existence.
Charaxes with closed wings usually have incredible patterns and colours.
Papilio antimachus in a black wood frame.
Two specimen, one each side, showing the interior and the back of their magnificent wings. The African giant swallowtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. With a wingspan between 18 and 23 centimetres, it is the largest butterfly in Africa and among the largest butterflies in the world.
The wings are long and narrow and the ground color is orange brown with black markings. Papilio antimachus live in the tropical rainforests of west and central Africa. The distribution area stretches from Angola, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. The male is larger than the female and can be seen in groups at nectar. The females show themselves less, continually flying high above the tree tops.
The butterfly has no natural enemies because it is very toxic. This one came from Congo.
Fossil sea urchin - Pseudocidaris mammosa (AGASSIZ, 1840).
Excellent fossil of a sea urchin. The sea urchin and the spines finest details have been preserved and have been carefully arranged in position of life.
The radiolas preserve the original coloring patterns, worthy of a museum specimen!
Sea urchin with 10 cm spines, from Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridgian (152.1-157.3 million years) - France.
Displayed in a brass handmade stand.
Ornithoptera priamus, also known as Green birdwin or New Guinea birdwing is a widespread species of birdwing butterfly found in the central and south Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, and north-east Australia.
Male are smaller and shows strong green and black colour, female are much bigger and have dark brown colour with clouds of white. Due to habitat environment deforestation this species is know in appendix II of Cites and this ones have Nº E-08191/18 Bundesamt fur Naturschutz, Bonn – Germany.
Mounted in a black glass frame.
Epimayaites transiens ( Ammonite ) Pair in acrylic base.
A beautiful pair of this elusive fossil specimen from the Madagascar Upper Jurassic ( +/- 170 million years ) very good aperture details.
A good collection starter.
Perisphinctes virguloides ( Ammonite ) Pair in acrylic base. A beautiful pair of this elusive fossil specimen from the Madagascar Upper Jurassic ( +/- 180 million years ) still very good structure details.
A good collection starter.
A rare Jeletzkytes spedeni Ammonite, from the Cretaceous, Maastrichian, Fox Hill formation, from 66 -72 million years old.
Very difficult to get, this is a beautiful specimen, from the the usual locality, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA
Cretolamna Aschersoni in matrix, in acrylic base.
Beautiful Lamna Aschersoni shark teeth in their natural matrix, from Cretaceous era (66.0–145.0 million years) - Oued Zem – Morocco.
Cretolamna Aschersoni in matrix, in acrylic base.
Beautiful Lamna Aschersoni shark teeth in their natural matrix, from Cretaceous era (66.0–145.0 million years) - Oued Zem – Morocco.
Polished Orthoceras slab fossil with over 400 million years.
As these forms of prehistoric squid were covered in ocean sediments prior to fossilization, the majority of the creatures will be facing in the same relative position, having been lined up by currents on the sea floor prior to being buried. The fossils are exposed and given a high polish to better view the creatures from their surrounding matrix.
The slab features very high relief as well as dramatic texture and detail they had tentacles and ink sacs, much like present-day squid. Except for belemnites, cephalopods had external shells with hollow internal chambers separated by walls called septa. Devonian period, circa 410 million years, Anti-Atlas Mountains - Southern Morocco - mounted in a black granite base.
Araucaria trunk piece from the famous Ambilobe Petrified forest in Madagascar.
These are formations from the Triassic period with around 220 million years.
Mounted in an acrylic base is a beautiful historic piece!
Araucaria trunk piece from the famous Ambilobe Petrified forest in Madagascar.
These are formations from the Triassic period with around 220 million years.
Mounted in an acrylic base is a beautiful historic piece!
Jimbacrinus Bostocki (Crinoid Fossil - Ordovician 488 million years)
This is a rare piece, mass mortality plate of Jimbacrinus bostocki crinoid fossils from Western Australia with over 8 individuals on it.
These crinoids are 3D and have a very alien appearance.
The plate is 32cm x 20cm and has been nicely prepared.
These Jimbacrinus crinoids are hard to acquire due to Australia's strict fossil export laws.
This specimen was exported legally during the 80's and was part of a collection for years before being recently re-prepared.
A superb Scyphocrinites elegans in a rose marble base.
A One of a Kind piece, from Permian period (358 to 419 million years) of Erfoud - Morocco, an extinct genus of crinoid Camarocrinus.
Beautiful fossil slabs colors and pattern made an extraordinary decor piece.
Side table with petrified wood and three double handmade brass legs.
Top of the table is a slice of petrified tree - Araucaria species with 220 million years from Early Triassic period, with beautiful pattern and very dark color.
It comes from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in Madagascar.
One of a kind piece.
Cretaceous Albian period (100 to 145 million years), from Madagascar.
Spectacular giant opalized Cleoniceras besairiei group with other ammonite species.
Fabulous display and decorative.
One of a kind piece!
A superb Scyphocrinites elegans in a handmade brass display.
A One of a Kind piece, from Permian period (358 to 419 million years) of Erfoud - Morocco, an extinct genus of crinoid Camarocrinus.
Side table with petrified wood and three double handmade brass legs.
Top of the table is a slice of petrified tree - Araucaria species with 220 million years from Early Triassic period, with beautiful pattern and very dark color.
It comes from the Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park in Madagascar.
One of a kind piece.
Outstanding slab with three Gigantopecten restitutensis fossil from Vaucluse quarry in S.E. France.
Lower Miocene (Burdigalien) around 20 to 16 million years.
Very well prepared and clean.
Aioloceras besairiei Lower Cretaceous, Albian period (100,5 – 113,0 million years ) from Mahajanga, Madagascar, in a black lacquered wood base.
Beautiful twin Aioloceras ammonite with most of the original nacreous shell layers (mother of pearl) preserved. Both sides have been prepared.
An exceptional Museum Quality slab with five Gigantopecten restitutensis fossil from Vaucluse quarry in S.E. France.
Lower Miocene (Burdigalien), around 20 to 16 million years.
It is very well prepared and clean, a "one of a kind" piece!
Natural, unbroken slab filled with wonderful naturally occurring orthoceras fossils that was once part of the prehistoric ocean floor over 400 million years ago, in a rose marble base.
As these forms of prehistoric squid were covered in ocean sediments prior to fossilization, the majority of the creatures will be facing in the same relative position, having been lined up by currents on the sea floor prior to being buried.
The fossils are exposed in their natural surrounding matrix. The slab features normal relief as well as dramatic natural texture and detail they had tentacles and ink sacs, much like present-day squid.
Except for belemnites, cephalopods had external shells with hollow internal chambers separated by walls called septa. Devonian period, ca. 410 million years, Anti-Atlas Mountains - Southern Morocco.
Superb, unbroken slab filled with wonderful naturally occurring orthoceras fossils that was once part of the prehistoric ocean floor over 400 million years ago.
As these forms of prehistoric squid were covered in ocean sediments prior to fossilization, the majority of the creatures will be facing in the same relative position, having been lined up by currents on the sea floor prior to being buried.
The fossils are exposed and given a high polish to better view the creatures from their surrounding matrix. The slab features very high relief as well as dramatic texture and detail they had tentacles and ink sacs, much like present-day squid.
Except for belemnites, cephalopods had external shells with hollow internal chambers separated by walls called septa.
Devonian period, circa 410 million years, Anti-Atlas Mountains - Southern Morocco.
Ammonite sliced - Cristal clusters - mounted on a handmade brass stand.
Aioloceras besairie (>140mm) Lower Cretaceous, Albian (100.5–113.0 million years), from Mahajanga, Madagascar.
These ammonite sliced in two parts has been polished for showing the breathtaking inside colors and patterns.
Madagascar Copal Amber with leaves and insects in a handmade brass base.
Amber is a substance derived from resins (Fossil Resin) of trees and plants that, buried for millions of years, underwent into a fossilization process.
These resins produced by plants acted as protection against the action of bacteria and against the attack of insects that punctured the bark until reaching the interior of the trees.
Over millions of years, amber-forming organic substances ended up forming a hardened, weather-resistant resin.
Madagascar Copal Amber with leaves and insects
Amber is a substance derived from resins (Fossil Resin) of trees and plants that, buried for millions of years, underwent into a fossilization process.
These resins produced by plants acted as protection against the action of bacteria and against the attack of insects that punctured the bark until reaching the interior of the trees.
Over millions of years, amber-forming organic substances ended up forming a hardened, weather-resistant resin.
Beautiful Lamna Aschersoni shark teeth, Cretaceous (145 – 66 million years).
Pristine tooth, big size.
From Oued Zem - Morocco.
Carcharocles megalodon - Neogen - Miocene, Burdigalian (15.97 - 20.44 million years) - Indonesia.
A large and superb tooth, with a wonderful colouration, as characterise the megalodon of Indonesia.
Carcharocles megalodon - Neogen - Miocene, Burdigalian (15.97 - 20.44 million years) - Indonesia. A huge, extra large and superb tooth, with a wonderful colouration, as characterise the megalodon of Indonesia. Beautiful teeth with a colour very similar to those of Chile and Peru, deposits closed for a long time. These megalodons have been on the market very recently.
Carcharocles megalodon - Neogen - Miocene, Burdigalian (15.97 - 20.44 million years) - Indonesia. A huge, extra large and superb tooth, with a wonderful colouration, as characterise the megalodon of Indonesia. Beautiful teeth with a colour very similar to those of Chile and Peru, deposits closed for a long time. These megalodons have been on the market very recently.
Carcharocles megalodon - Neogen - Miocene, Burdigalian (15.97 - 20.44 million years) - Indonesia. A huge, extra large and superb tooth, with a wonderful colouration, as characterise the megalodon of Indonesia. Beautiful teeth with a colour very similar to those of Chile and Peru, deposits closed for a long time. These megalodons have been on the market very recently.
Carcharocles megalodon - Neogen - Miocene, Burdigalian (15.97 - 20.44 million years) - Indonesia.
A large and superb tooth, with a wonderful colouration, as characterise the megalodon of Indonesia.
Finest quality Ammonite sliced - Cristal clusters - with beautiful colors in an elegant iron stand.
Aioloceras besairiei (>140mm) Lower Cretaceous, Albian (100.5–113.0 million years), from Mahajanga , Madagascar.
This ammonite sliced in two parts has been polished for showing the breathtaking inside colors and patterns!
This beautiful ammonite is a Jurassic Cleoniceras from Madagascar that preserves part of the original mother-of-pearl iridescent shell.
The Ammonite doesn't have any gluing work, the fracture lines on the shell are internal and do not affect the integrity of the fossil.
Fossil sea urchin - Gymnocidaris koechlini - Excellent fossil of a sea urchin in life position.
The sea urchin and the spines finest details have been preserved and have been carefully arranged in position of life. The spines preserves the original colouring patterns. Sea urchin with 10 cm spicules - from medium Jurassic, Bajociano (168.3-170.3 million years), Boulemane, Morocco.