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Product Description
ITEM #
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GA-015
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ID
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Sinistrofulgur contrarium
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FOUND
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Sarasota County - Florida, USA
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AGE
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EARLY PLEISTOCENE: 1.8 - 1.5 million years ago
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SIZE
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8.75" long
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CONDITION
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NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION
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NOTE
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STUNNING PREHISTORIC FOSSIL SPECIMEN
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INCLUDES STAND - Actual Item - One Only
Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet |
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Known for its splendid array of gastropod fossils, Florida is home to many fossil shell species in abundance. The nature of finding a gastropod fossil in a shell pit, for example, usually means that it will be heavily weathered and seriously damaged. Certainly, delicate features of the shell are almost always missing. What is most unique and exciting about this particular specimen of Sinistrofulgur contrarium is that the internal cavity is still filled with the original shell-pit fossil matrix from which this fine specimen was buried beneath. Shell is intact. A hint of natural warm cream to the shell makes for a superb appearance. This remarkable gastropod fossil is rare for its condition and would most certainly make for an impressive gastropod display fossil. NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION.
Sinistrofulgur contrarium is a member of a unique sub-genus Sinistrofulgur of left-coiling snails. This animal lived during the Pliocene / Pleistocene Period and was a predatory marine creature that fed mainly on bivalves by attaching itself to its prey with its foot and slowly rasping a hole in the shell of its unfortunate victim. Sinistrofulgur could move great distances and can go against tidal currents with the use of its powerful foot.
