05325 - Top Rare 1.96 Inch Fossilized Silicified Pine Cone EQUICALASTROBUS Eocene Sahara Desert Enchodus vertebrae Museum grade

Museum grade

Otarion stigmatophthalmus

The comparisons with geometric morphometry on numerous dentition rests have brought up the presence of at least two distinguishable morphotypes

It simply makes the specimen better preserved in the long term

It has some tiny glued but not restored fractures

05325 - Top Rare 1.96 Inch Fossilized Silicified Pine Cone EQUICALASTROBUS Eocene Sahara Desert Enchodus vertebrae Museum gradeStrangely weird specimen. It is a kind of Pine Cone that was not known until very recently. They are found fossilized in silica (silicified). They preserve the structures with amazing detail. Very rare species.