AMPH050 - LARGE MULTIPLE BRANCHIOSAUR APATEON MELANERPETON AMPHIBIAN FOSSIL FROM THE PERMIAN

Product Description

ID

Branchiosaur

FOUND

Rhineland - Pfalz, Germany

AGE

PERMIAN:  298 - 254 million years ago

SIZE

 18" x 18" overall slab, amphibians 5" - 2.75" long

CONDITION

FRACTURE REPAIRS.  CLEAR SEALER APPLIED
OVER FOSSIL TO PROTECT AND STABILIZE.

NOTE

RARE!  PRESERVATION WITH SOFT TISSUE

INCLUDES STAND - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

SPECIAL NOTE:  The current laws in this region of Germany now forbid the collection of these remarkable fossils.  Such legislation has permanently ended the supply of such magnificent specimens such as this one being offered here.  This rare example comes from an old German private collection and was collected long ago before the ban was enacted.  With digging in the formation now off-limits, these rare German Permian fossils are sure to appreciate in value and become increasingly difficult to acquire.

This large multiple fossil BRANCHIOSAUR plate shows exceptional fossils of Apateon and Melanerpeton amphibians that once inhabited the Permian swamps of what is now Southwest Germany.  This fossil is a choice grade specimen of a Permian vertebrate that lived before the first dinosaurs.  These large black Apateon fossils are a thing of the past, unfortunately.  We acquired a large German collection last year and this piece came from that collection.  Not only was collecting forbidden in 1986, the site they are found had been depleted for a very long time.  The unique feature of these Apateon fossils is the presence of preserved soft tissue, seen as the black regions of amphibian.  Much of the original skeleton including the skull is still present in the rock with preserved details to the natural anatomy.  A clear preservant has been applied to protect the specimen.