3.1" Miniature Fossil Cluster (Gastropods, Bivalves) - France

This is an exquisite cluster of small marine fossils (ammonites, bivalves, crinoid stem, and gastropods) 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:
Ammonite - Cardioceras sp.
Gastropods - Procerithium russiense
Bivalves - Myophorella perlata, Cyprina cyreniformis, Astarte elegans, Astarte multiformis & Isodonta deshaysea
Crinoid Stem - Millericrinus echinatus

The entire cluster measures 3.1 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.