Eine Gruppe versteinerter Muscheln | Südfrankreich Crinoide Description: Cut and polished sphere

Description: Cut and polished sphere to reveal the internal structure of this beautiful quartz formation

therefore most specimens are small

were found on cave walls in the south of France

Due to its striking

In the period of their occurrence between the Devonian and the end of the Permian

Eine Gruppe versteinerter Muscheln | Südfrankreich Crinoide Description: Cut and polished sphereOrigin: Lacoste, France Size: H41. 5cm W62. 5cm D10cm Description: From the Upper Miocene, Burdigalian (20 16 million years ago), Gigantopectens restitutensis mussels in their original matrix. Additional information: Preserved in their final position, these fossil Pectens are the ancestors of today's modern (edible) scallops. Their surrounding rock has been removed to reveal their details.