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Exogyra costata DINOSAUR Age New Jersey Fossil Foam Oyster Cretaceous 70 million

$ 7.89

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Fossil Type: Pelecypod
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Modified Item: No
  • Genus: Exogyra
  • Species: costata
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: It was new about 70 million years ago.
  • Family: Gryphaeidae
  • Age: Late Cretaceous

    Description

    Exogyra costata DINOSAUR Age New Jersey Fossil Foam Oyster Cretaceous 70 million years old
    This scientific specimen has an intact right valve in place with marl attached.
    It is not common to find both valves together in the Cretaceous fossil deposits.
    Exogyra costata
    Extinct Foam Oyster or Honeycomb Oyster
    Subfamily - Exogyrinae
    Family - Gryphaeidae
    Collected in Monmouth County, New Jersey, USA, Navesink Formation
    Upper Cretaceous; Campanian/Maastrichtian
    This classic oyster/bivalve was chosen for the front of "The Cretaceous Fossils of New Jersey",
    Horace Richards, 1958 classic book on this geological period, (see picture).
    this unique specimen will be shipped in an insulated package with priority tracking.