Description
Here is your chance to own a classic fossil from a classic site.
HARDER and Harder to obtain fossils from this private quarry in Middleport, New York
This is a Silurian Cornulites. It was collected decades ago and just recently prepared by our prep lab. It also has a graptolite and bryozoan on the block. Here is a Super detailed fossil from a classic site in NY.
Fossils especially this Silurian Fossil Cornulites from this site are preserved in Spectacular detail. Because of the excellent preservation of this deposit it has been preserved in great detail.
This Silurian Cornulites and more is actually an animal related to modern day tube worms. They have modern relatives that live in the deep oceans today. So then they lived in shallow salt water seas and lagoons.
Although there were many species of Cornulites, they shared a basic body styles.
Silurian Fossil Cornulites thrived in the warm shallow inland sea that covered the area during the Silurian Period some 420 million years ago. The fossils living near what is now Middleport New York were established near an ocean delta system that periodically buried the colonies in silt. This silt eventually hardened into stone that preserved the Cornulites in glorious detail.
This one has good detail . It is 2 inches long. It has been meticulously prepared using air abrasive technology.
