Goniatite Moroccan Stone Fossil with Sea Shells on Stand

A superb giant ammonite fossil of the Titanites Giganteus variety mounted on a bespoke steel stand with sandstone base. Ex. private collection of Gordon Walkden. Sourced from Worth Quarry, Swanage on Britain’s Jurassic Coast, this impressive large-scale ammonite spans a length of 66 cm (25.89 in). It is an excellent example of the Titanites variety, with a defined scroll shape and natural, stone-like texture with distinctive fossilised chambers present throughout. The Titanites variety of ammonite date back as far as 152 million years to the late Tithonian period. Provenance: From the fascinating collection of Gordon Walkden (1944-2022), emeritus Professor of Geology at Aberdeen University. Affectionally known as Aberdeen’s answer to Indiana Jones, Walkden contributed enormously to research through his papers and talks on British marbles, minerals and fossils...

Ptychopariida is a large, heterogeneous order of trilobite containing some of the most primitive species known. The earliest species occurred in the second half of the Lower Cambrian...

Ptychopariida is a large, heterogeneous order of trilobite containing some of the most primitive species known. The earliest species occurred in the second half of the Lower Cambrian...

Ptychopariida is a large, heterogeneous order of trilobite containing some of the most primitive species known. The earliest species occurred in the second half of the Lower Cambrian...

Sculptural driftwood with fossil agate coral, crystal points, and fossil shells. Driftwood is wood that has been washed onto a shore of a large body ...

O/6416 - Large fossil stone shell - Ammonites were predatory Prehistorie cephalopod mollusks which existed between 400 and 66 million years ago before dying out during the exinction ...