Fossil casts, also called fossil replicas or reproductions, allow students, collectors, scientists, and others to handle and study precise reproductions of interesting and valuable fossils without risking damage to the originals (which often are unavailable for purchase, or would cost many times more). The museum-quality fossil replicas from PaleoScene include a variety of well-preserved and historically important specimens from several different geologic periods. Each is carefully cast in high-strength gypsum cement from molds of the original specimens, and meticulously hand painted to replicate the natural appearance of the original specimen. Resin composition is available at additional cost (please contact us for resin composition quotes).
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Item# SIG-1
Tree-Like Lycopod (bark with leaf scars)
Species: Sigillaria brardii
Cumberland Mountains, Tenn.
Pennsylvanian Period
Approx. 310 million years old
Price: $12.00
Item# PHA-AF1
Large Phacopid Trilobite
Species: Drotops (Phacops) megalomanicus
Alnif, Morocco, Africa
Middle Devonian; Approx. 380 million years old
Approx. 5 x 2.75 inches long. Comes with felt pads on the bottom.
Price: $15.00
Item# PHA-AF2
Large Phacopid Trilobite on Matrix
Species: Drotops (Phacops) megalomanicus
Alnif, Morocco, Africa
Middle Devonian; Approx. 380 million years old
Trilobite size: Approx. 5.2 x 3 inches
Marrix size: 5.5 x 3.75 inches. Felt pads on the bottom.
Price: $20.00
Item# ODONT
Fancy Trilobite
Species: Odontocephalus aegeria
Perry County, New York
Middle Devonian, Onondag Limestone Fm.
Size: Approx. 4 x 3 inches on matrix 4.25 x 5 inches.
Price $18.00
Item# CAM
Large Trilobite
Species: Cambropallas telesto
Djbel Ougrat, Morocco, Africa
Lower Cambrian, Jbel Wawrmast Formation
Approx. 520 million years old
Price $38.00
Item# ISO-9
Large (9 inch+) Isotelus Trilobite
Species: Isotelus maximus sp.
Upper Ordovician
Southern Ohio
Approx. 450 million years old
Price $55.00
Item# PARA
Large Spiney Trilobite
Species: Acadoparadoxides sp.
Cambrian
Erfoud, Morocco, Africa
Approx. 525 million years old
Price $80.00
Click on image for larger view
Item# SELE
Assemblage of Large, Spiney Trilobites
Species: Selenopeltis buchii (Brrande)
Erfoud, Morocco, Africa
Upper ordovician, Approx. 450 million years old
Price $95.00
Item# YUEP
A unique plate with 3 complete adult Yuepingia trilobites and a baby riding the back of one!
(Click on image for larger images and close-up of baby on back)
Hunan Province, China
Ordovician Period
Approx. 500 Million Years
Price $40.00
Item# AMM-1
Ammonite
Species: Tropaeum undatum
Australia
Lower Cretaceous
Approx. 110 million years
Price $15.00
Item# AMM-2
Ammonite
Species: Mortoniceras sp.
Central Texas
Lower Cretaceous, Duck Creek Fm.
Approx. 101 million years
Price $15.00
Item# CRIN-1
Crinoid (sea lilly fossil)
Species: Actinocrinites gibsons
Montgomery County, Indiana
Edwardsville Formation
Mississippian period, Approx. 340 million years
Price $20.00
Item# CRIN-2
Crinoid
Species: Scyphocrinites sp.
"Floating crinoid"
Morocco, Africa
Silurian period
Approx. 420 million years
Price $18.00
(Click on Image for full-sized view)
Item# MEG1-A
Item#: COEL
Coelacanth "lobe-finned" fish, often called a "living fossil"
Species: Coccoderma barvaricum
Solnhofen Limestone, Barvaria, Germany
Upper Jurassic, Approx. 155 million years
Price: $36.00
Item#: PLACO-1
Ancient placoderm "armored fish"
Species: Bothriolepis canadensis
Scaumenac Formation
Scaumenac Bay, Quebec
Upper Devonian, Approx. 370 million years
Price: $40.00
Item#: PLACO-2 (smaller specimen)
Ancient placoderm "armored fish"
Species: Bothriolepis canadensis
Scaumenac Formation, Scaumenac Bay, Quebec
Upper Devonian, Approx. 370 million years
Price: $25.00
Item#: CLE-SHARK1
Cladoselache fyleri
This is a remarkably complete and well preserved ancient shark showing distinct fin rays
and even indications of stomach contents. It lived in the same shallow sea with the fierce
Dunkeosteous armored fish (see next items), and was probabky it's favorite prey.
Cleveland Shale Formation
Cuyahoga County, Ohio
Devonian Period. Approx. 362 million years ago.
Cast with matrix is approx. 24" x 13". Comes with a sturdy hanger on the back.
Price: $120.00 Gypsum cement $155.00 resin
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Item#: DUNK-BAB-1R
Lower jaw of famous extinct arthrodire (armored fish), Dunkelosteus terelli
From a young baby "Dunk" (nick-named "Dink").
The associated skull was the most complete ever found.
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Cleveland Shale, Devonian Period, Approx 362 million years
Price: $24.00
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Item#: DUNK-M1 Lower jaw of famous "terrible fish" (sub-adult) Extinct arthrodire armored fish Dunkelosteus terrelli Cuyahoga County, Ohio Cleveland Shale, Devonian Period, Approx 362 million years Price: $50.00 |
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Ancient Fliers (Click on Image for full-sized view)
Solnhofen Limestone Formation, Eichstatt, Germany
Note: For orders outside the U.S. this cast is only available in resin.
Item# DUNK-LG1
Lower Jaw Cast from Famous "Terrible Fish" (large adult)
Approx. 23 inches long
Extinct arthrodire armored fish
Species: Dunkleosteus terrelli
Cleveland, OH
Cleveland Shale, Devonian, Approx. 362 million years
Price $100.00 (Gypsum)
Item# GAR
Superb garfish from famous site
Species: Lepisoteus strausi
Darmstadt, Germany
Messel Shale, Eocene, Approx. 48 million years
Price $36.00
Dinosaurs (Click on Image for full-sized view)
For Dinosaur Track Casts, click here
Item#: VEL-1
Velociraptor dinosaur claw (aprox. 3.25 inches long)
Velociraptor was a small, fast,
meat-eating "raptor" dinosaur.
Mongolia, Djadochta Formation
Upper Cretaceous, Approx. 75 million years
Price: $6.00
Item#: CHIRO-1 Claw
Chirostenotes dinosaur claw (aprox. 4 inches long)
This was a slender, tooth-less dinosaur about 6 ft. (2 m) long.
Each hand had 3 long, clawed fingers.
Upper Cretaceous, Approx. 70 million years
Price: $12.00
Item#: ACRO-1 Claw
Acrocanthosaurus atokensis dinosaur claw
Approx. 5 inches long
Acrocanthosaurus was a large meat-eating theropod
which grew almost as large as a T.rex.
Lower Cretaceous, Approx. 110 million years
This dinosaur made the large Texas tracks (see track section of website)
Price: $16.00
Item#: ALLO-1 Claw
Allosaurus fragilis dinosaur claw
Allosaurus was a large bipedal predator with three sharp claws on each hand
Aprox. 5.5 inches long (6.25" on outside curve)
Morrision Formation, San Juan Co., Utah
Jurassic Period, Approx. 152 million years
Price: $18.00
Item#: TREX-T1
Tryannosaurus rex tooth
Large and well preserved specimen, Approx. 10 inches long
Including root and serrated enamal portion
Upper Cretaceous, Approx. 65 million years
Price: $32.00
Item#: SKIN-1
Dinosaur Skin Impression (both inside and outside texture!)
Probably from a hadrosaur ("duck-billed" plant-eating dinosaur)
Eastern Wyoming, Hell Creek Formation
Upper Cretaceous (approx. 65 million years)
Price: $16.00
Item#: SKIN-2
(Same ID and geologic info as SKIN-2)
This smaller casts reproduces the center part of SKIN-1 showing thet most prominent skin impressions
Price: $10.00
Item#: VEL-FT
Velociraptor foot cast, (approx. 6 3/4 inches long)
Species: Velociraptor mongoliensis
S. Mongolia ("Flamming cliffs"), Djadochta Formation
Upper Cretaceous, Approx. 75 million years
Price: $38.00
(sold elsewhere for $55.00 - $85.00)
Item#: TRIC-HORN1
Triceratops brow horn
Western South Dakota
Upper Cretaceous
65 million years
Approx. 15.5 x 6 inches
Price: $70.00
Item#: CHIRO-FT
Chirostenotes Dinosaur Foot Cast
Species: Chirostenotes pergraclis
Alberta, Canada; Judith River Formation
Upper Cretaceous, Approx. 75-80 million years
Price: $125.00 gypsum; $160.00 resin
Item#: EGG-1
Dinosaur Egg
Probably Hadrosaur (Duck-billed Dinosaur)
This casts was from an unusually large, well preserved hardrosaur egg.
China, Nanchao Formation
Upper Cretaceous (Approx. 70 million years)
Price: $50.00
Ancient Mammals (Click on Image for full-sized view)
Item# SLO-C1
Giant Ground Sloth Claw. 14.5 inches long
Eremotherium sp.
Charlotte County, Florida
Pleistocene Epoch
Approx. 1 million years
Price: Gypsum cement $70.00; Resin $95.00
Item# BMT-1
Baby Wholly Mammoth Tooth
Mammuthus primigenius
Approx. 5 inches long
North Sea, Europe
Pleistocene Epoch
Approx. 80-120 million years
Price: Gypsum cement $40.00
Item# BITE-1
Primative whale vertebra with shark tooth bite
Very unique trace fossil on body fossil!
Species indeterminate
Beaufort Co., N. Carolina
Lower Yorktown Formation
Pliocene Epoch, Approx. 4.5 million years
Appox. 5.5 inches across
Price: $30.00
Item# ORE-M
Oreodont Skull on Matrix
Miniochoerus (Oreodon) gracile, Leidy (1869)
Sioux County, Nebraska
Whitney Member, Brule Formation
Middle Oligocene (Approx. 30 million years ago)
Price $60.00
Item#: BAT-1
World's best preserved fossil bat
Approx. 6 x 2.75 inches
Species: Icaronycteris index
Green River Formation
Eocene Epoch (50 million years)
Lincoln County, Wyoming
Price: $34.00
Item#: PTERO-K
Pterosaur (extinct flying reptile), with indications of flesh impressions on next and shoulders
Species: Pterodactylus kochi
Upper Jurassic
Approx. 150 million years old
Bavaria, Germany
Approx. 7 x 5.5 inches
Price: $42.00
Item#: PTERO-A
Pterosaur (extinct flying reptile). Also includes several small "featherstars" (swimming crinoids).
Species: Pterodactylus antiguus
Upper Jurassic
Approx. 150 million years old
Bavaria, Germany
Price: $44.00
Item# RHAM-1
Pterosaur (flying reptile) wing rare impressions of wing membrane and tail vane
Species: Rhamphorhynchus muensteri
Solnhofen Limestone Formation, Eichstatt, Germany
Upper Jurassic
Approx. 150 million years old
Size: Approx. 22.25 x 12.5 inches
Price: $130.00 gypsum
; $160.00 resin
Item# CAMPY
Large Rhamphorhynchid pterosaur (flying reptile)
Species: Campylognathoides liasicus
Lower Jurassic
Holzmaden, Germany
Approx. 190 million years old
Size: 26 x 15.5 inches
Price: $190.00 (resin composition only).
Item#: EO-BIRD-1
Quail like ancient bird
Species: Gallinuloides sp.
Green River Formation
Eocene Epoch, Approx. 50 million years
Lincoln County, Wyoming
Price: $36.00
Item#: ARCH-B
Species: Archaeopteryx lithographica (Berlin specimen)
Arguably the most famous fossil in the world, Archaeopteryx is widely regarded as an intermediate form
between dinosaurs and birds. It shows full feather impressions, claws on the wings, a long boney tail, and teeth.
Unlike most casts of this specimen that are many mold generations removed from the original, and thus somewhat lacking
in details, this cast is produced from an early generation mold that yields incredible fidelity, including not only
crisp details on the teeth, claws, and main veins of the feathers, but even the delicate cross-hatches on the feathers,
which are seen in few other casts (including most in museums). Click on image for larger view.
Note: For orders outside the US, this cast is only available in resin composition.
Late Jurassic (Approx. 150 million years)
Size: Appox. 18 x 14.5 inches
Price: $130.00 (gypsum cement); $170.00 (resin composition)
Item#: ARCH-E1
Species: Archaeopteryx lithographica (Eichstatt specimen 1)
A juvenile (about 2/3 grown) showing slight feather impressions and
a better skull than the counterpart (E2, below) including teeth.
Solnhofen Limestone Formation
Eichstatt, Germany
Late Jurassic (Approx. 150 million years)
Price: $55.00
Item#: ARCH-E2
Archaeopteryx lithographica (Eichstatt specimen 2)
The "counterpart" (opposite side) of Eichstatt specimen 1.
The skull does not show the teeth as clearly as E1, but makes a great compliment to that specimen.
Solnhofen Limestone Formation
Eichstatt, Germany
Late Jurassic (Approx. 150 million years)
Price: $55.00
Aquatic Reptiles & Amphibians (Click on Image for full-sized view)
Item#: KUE-1
Species: Kueichousaurus hui (Young)
Kueichousaurs were ancient aquatic reptile related to
the larger plesiosaurs.
Middle Triassic
Guizhou Province, China
Guanglin Formation (Approx. 220 million years)
Price: $56.00
Item#: MESO-1
Species: Mesosaurus brazialiensis
Mesosaurs were another type of prehistoric aquatic reptile
which probably fed on fish and invertebrates.
Sao Paulo, Brazil
Irati Formation, Permian Period, Approx. 260 million years
Price: $70.00; $90.00 resin
Item# MO-TOOTH
Large mososaurus (predatory marine reptile) tooth with root
Species: Mosasaurus sp.
Khouribga, Morocco, Africa
Late Cretaceous, Approx. 70 million years
Price: $18.00
Item#: GREER1
Species: Greererpeton burkemorani
An early amphibian
Greer, West Virginia
Upper Mississippian, Mauch Chunk Fm.
Approx. 325 million years
Price: $45.00
Item#: SEYM-1
Species: Seymouria baylorensis
A famous amphibian-like creature widely regarded as an intermediate
form between ancient amphibians and reptiles.
Baylor County, Texas
Lower Permian (approx. 280 million years)
Cast size: Approx. 24 x 17 inches
Price in gypsum cement: $195.00
Price in urethane resin: $250.00