Fossil for Sale!
Dinosaur, Pterosaur fossils
for sale in auction.

COMPLETE HORSESHOE CRAB SHELL FROM MOLT . FIRST APPEARED IN OCEANS IN THE UPPER SILURIAN ABOUT 400 MILLION YEARS AGO  IS A LIVING FOSSIL .  IN THE PHYLUM CHELICERATA ,RELATED TO INSECTS AND SPIDERS.  ALTHOUGH TRILOBITES ARE EXTINCT ,HORSESHOE CRABS CLOSELY RESEMBLE TRILOBITES AND EVEN MORE SO IN THE LARVAL STAGE . LATIN NAME-Limulus polyphemus .  MOST SCIENTISTS AGREE THAT HORSESHOE CRABS ARE THE CLOSEST LIVING THING TO A TRILOBITE.

  NO HORSESHOE CRABS WERE KILLED TO COLLECT THESE SPECIMENS . THESE ARE THE SHELLS THE ANIMAL SHEDS AS IT GROWS .  THE SPECIMENS ARE 16" AT LEAST IN LENGTH AND  8" WIDE.

      THESE PRIMITIVE MARINE ARTHROPODS INHABITED THE OCEANS  WAY BEFORE MOST OF THE CREATURES THAT LIVE TODAY AND HAVE OUTLIVED MANY MORE .   IMPORTANT IN MEDICAL RESEARCH FOR ITS' UNIQUE BLOOD CLOTTING AND IMMUNE SYSTEM QUALITIES ALONG WITH OTHER MEDICAL USES. 

    THESE ARE EXCELLENT SPECIMENS FOR EDUCATIONAL USE OR JUST FOR A UNIQUE  DISPLAY .  "BEST SPECIMENS ON EBAY ."

        THIS ITEM WILL BE CAREFULLY PACKAGED AND SHIPPED PRIORITY MAIL WITH OPTIONAL INSURANCE!  $1.65 per $50 coverage upon request.

* (SHIPPING IS $9.99 FOR PRIORITY MAIL DUE TO THE LARGE BOX REQUIRED FOR THIS SPECIMEN )*

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