Shop – Featured Fossils & Minerals

Consult Fossil page for list for specifics. Fossils for sale have marginal scientific value – that is, they are well-documented in museum collections. Many are display-quality with good external features. Silicified fossils are like that – but have no scientific value based on the techniques paleontologists use today to describe species, i.e., cutting thin-sections.

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Featured Fossils for Sale

14 NEW ADDITIONS – Mostly Devonian corals

$5 – Branching tabulate coral in matrix – Alveolites winchellana. Longer sections of this branching coral than usually preserved for the location in St. Matthews, Kentucky.

$4 – Aulocystis transitorius Stumm, cluster of tube-shaped corallites. Beechwood Limestone, Givetian, Middle Devonian, Atkin’s Quarry, Clark Co., Indiana.

$4 – view 1 – Aulocystis transitorius Stumm from the Speed Limestone, basal Givetian, Middle Devonian, Speed, Clark Co., Indiana. $4

$4 – view 2 – Aulocystis transitorius with brachiopod Alatiformia alatiformia.

$5 – Coral “Hash” from the upper coral zone of the Jeffersonville Limestone (Middle Devonian), St. Matthews, KY. Has 2 species of Favosites, Acinophyllum sp., Alveolites winchellana, Aulocystis fascicularis, and more.

$5 – Favosites (Emmonsia) emmonsii – tabulate coral – shows mural pores and squamulae (diagnostic for this subgenus). Also shows cyclic banding associated with symbiotic alga. Jeffersonville, Indiana.

$3 – Favosites (Emmonsia) emmonsii – tabulate coral – shows mural pores and cyclic banding associated with symbiotic alga. Jeffersonville, Indiana.

$5 – Favosites clelandi Davis with an unusual growth form – from the upper coral zone of the Jeffersonville Limestone (Middle Devonian), St. Matthews, KY.

$3 Favosites pirum Davis – typical long cylindrical growth habit – from the upper coral zone of the Jeffersonville Limestone (Middle Devonian), St. Matthews, KY.

$4 – Favosites placentus Rominger, a small but complete colony showing excellent external detail. From the Beechwood Limestone, Givetian, Middle Devonian, Speed, Clark Co., Indiana.

$5 each – Pleurodictyum (Procteria) michelinoidea (Davis) – small coral colonies from the Brevispirifer zone of the Jeffersonville Limestone, Eifelian, Middle Devonian, Speed, Clark Co., Indiana. They don’t get much larger than this. Request: L, C or R.

$10 – Romingeria umbellifera (Billings) – an uncommon colonial tube coral – from the upper coral zone of the Jeffersonville Limestone (Middle Devonian), St. Matthews, KY.

$10 – Syringopora hisingeri (Billings) from the upper coral zone of the Jeffersonville Limestone (Middle Devonian), St. Matthews, KY. Nice detail, a silicified specimen.

$4 – Bellerophon snail from the Ste. Genevieve Limestone, Mississippian, from the shore sof Lake Barley in Lyon Co., Kentucky.

Older specimens still available.

Crinoid list

Inquire availability with page date and fossil name to: deepskyspy @ outlook.com

ECHINODERMS

Two unidentified crinoid calices, Beech Creek Ls., Chesterian, Upper Mississippian, west of Irvington, Breckinridge Co., KY – $5

Ancyrocrinus bulbosus holdfast – the classical grapnel form. $5

SPONGES

Astraeospongia meniscus – a discoidal sponge from the classic area of Silurian sponges in Decatur Co., Tennessee. Spicules are astrisk-shaped. $4

CORALS

Alveolites fibrosus – nice discoidal colony. $5

Alveolites goldfussi – a really nice colony. $5

Arachnophyllum striatum – a well-formed colony. $5.

Aulacophyllum conigerum – small specimen. $1

Aulacophyllum sulcatum1 – large specimen with good detail. $2

Aulacophyllum sulcatum2 – a small specimen with beautiful septa. $2

Breviphrentis halli (Edwards & Haime) – exceptional specimen. Rarely gets better than this! $5

Chonostegites tabulatus encrusting Heliophyllum agassizi – a great example of Devonian epifaunal association. $10

Chonostegites tabulatus – showing excellent detail. $5

Cyathocylindrium opulens (typo on label) – a rare colonial rugose coral. $5

Favosites (Emmonsia) epidermata – an uncommon species of a common Devonian subgenus. $5

Favosites clausus – a portion of interconnected branches. Fine example for this delicate species. $5

Favosites hamiltonae Hall – a nice specimen from the Beechwood Limestone, Givetian, Middle Devonian of the Speed Quarry, Clark Co., Indiana. $5 (Others available at varying prices.)

Favosites turbinatus Billings – the classic “kneecap” coral. Smooth side was embedded in the seafloor. $4

Favosites turbinatus matrix – growth resembles a horn coral, though it’s a tabulate coral. $5

Favosites placentus – large specimen with typical small corallites. $5 (Others available / varying prices)

Fossil “Hash” with three identified corals – $4

Heliolites romingeri – a classic Silurian coral with round corallites. $2 (Other specimens available.)

Heliophyllum venatum1 – a nice specimen found above the coral zone. $2

Heliophyllum venatum2 – a darned near prefect specimen. $3

Heliophyllum verticale – a long specimen, typical for this coral zone species. $3

Hexagonaria anna – index fossil for the Bell Shale – a Petoskey Stone that isn’t smoothed by water. Beautiful specimen. $5

Hexagonaria fusiformis – index fossil for the Genshaw Formation. Found in a new discovery roadside exposure.

Pleurodictyum cylindricum – from the coral zone. Excellent representative specimen. $5

Pleurodictym wardi – an unusally large example of the species, $15

Syringopora hisingeri Billings – from the coral zone, Jeffersonville Ls., Middle Devonian, St. Matthews, Jefferson co., KY. $4

Syringopora monroense Cumings & Beede – nice example from the Somerset Shale Member of the Salem Ls., Middle Mississippian, near Radcliff, Hardin Co., KY. $5

Tabulophylum zaphrentiforme – a specimen showing twists and turns due to storms that turned it as it was growing. $2

Thamnopora limitaris – branching coral with round corallites. $5

Thamnopora limitaris – the basal portion of a branching coral. Unusual. $3

Thamnoptychia alternans – a robust branching coral. 3 pcs for $3

MOLLUSKS

Bellerophon snail – steinkern. Nice specimen – several now available $5

Platyceras (Platystoma) niagarense – large snail, $4.

MISCELLANIOUS

Mississippian Period Fossil “Hash” – containing bryozoans & brachiopods. Very colorful! Includes part & counterpart. $5

Crinoids with epizoans – $2 (for both) – other examples available.