Description
Great Beginners Fossil Collector Frame of fossils from Western New York
Seven ancient animals to start a child’s fossil collection or to add to your own collection from the United States.
These are wonderful fossils presented in a beginners Devonian Fossil Collection Frame. The frame is eye appealing but also protects the fossils inside. The fossils include an Eldredgeops trilobite, a Mediospirifer brachiopod, an Amplexiphyllum coral, an Atrypa brachiopod, an Athyrus brachiopod, a Rhipodomella brachiopod and a Stereolasma coral. These are all animals that once lived and thrived in the ancient tropical seas that once covered parts of New York State.
The Devonian Fossil Collection Frame is a handsome leatherette case with a glass top. Because the fossils are a little fragile they sit on foam batting inside. The frame is 6 inches by 8 inches long and about 3/4 of an inch high.
This Devonian Fossil Collection consist of real fossils. Because these fossils come from New York State they are not easily available to other parts of the country. Also if you are a teacher whether in New York or other parts of the state it afford the opportunity to see first hand what fossils are and were like during the Devonian Period. So here is your chance to get a great starter collection.
Fossils form mostly because of the hard parts of the animal. Soft tissues rare become fossils, but sometimes some soft tissues are found. The usual way fossils form is by mineral replacement. Water is usually involved in that process because the fossil has to be buried. It is buried in mineral rich sediments and then as the animal decays it is replaced by minerals that surround the animal.
