05048- Top Rare 1.57 Inch Fossilized Silicified Pine Cone EQUICALASTROBUS Eocene Sahara Desert Mammites nodosoides It is a magnificent example
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
It is a magnificent example of the Moroccan Acanthopyge and Phacops
Acanthopyge (Jasperia)
has small glued fracture
which are relatively abundant in the sites in the south of Morocco
It is from the Hamadasuchus rebouli species
05048- Top Rare 1.57 Inch Fossilized Silicified Pine Cone EQUICALASTROBUS Eocene Sahara Desert Mammites nodosoides It is a magnificent exampleStrangely weird specimen. It is a kind of Pine Cone that was not known until very recently. They are found fossilized in silica (silicified). They preserve the structures with amazing detail. Very rare species.