COR084 - THREE COMPLETE COLONIES OF DICHOCOENIA PLIOCENE FOSSIL CORAL WITH RARE PRESERVATION

Product Description

ID

Dichocoenia eminens

FOUND

Caloosahatchee Formation
 - Charlotte Co, Florida, USA

AGE

LATE PLIOCENE:
  3 million years ago

SIZE

4.3" - 3.5" across

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION

NOTE

IMMACULATELY PRESERVED
AND COMPLETE EXAMPLES

Comes with a certificate of
authenticity / information sheet

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Where most fossil coral specimens occur in the market as broken junk scraps of a larger colony, this is a superb set of three  COMPLETE and INTACT COLONIES of the extinct species  Dichocoenia eminens, a prehistoric Pliocene coral.  While fossil coral can be found in abundance in many regions of the world in small pieces, complete unbroken and undamaged colonies similar to this are uncommon!  As a matter of fact, a complete colony of this species of coral  WITH THE RAISED CORALLITE ANATOMY INTACT AND INTACT STEM is EXTREMELY RARE!!!  Collectors with years of experience can attest to the very rare preserved features of this specific specimen.  Most often, when you find this species, the chimney-like columns of each polyp are sheared off and broken from the globular body of the colony.  Finding an example of this degree of preservation is a cause to celebrate.  For the collector who has fossils from the Pliocene Period and would like to recreate the what the ocean floor looked like back then, this would be a perfect showpiece addition for a memorable exhibit.  Perfect to display with various fossil shark and whale teeth of the time as well as terrestrial animals of the same era.   NO REPAIR and NO RESTORATION. 

Fossil corals are beautiful and fascinating, reminding us of the wonderful creatures that made up prehistoric ocean life.  Unlike modern coral which we VEHEMENTLY discourage purchasing for obvious reasons, collecting fossil coral not only broadens ones collection and studies but it also helps to appreciate the beauty beneath the ancient seas and how important and fragile such amazing creatures were and still are.  While many species of fossil coral are extinct, others still survive today yet struggle against extinction.  Pollution and the modern coral collecting market is directly causing the destruction of massive colonies of these ecologically vital organisms in our oceans.

Camels, saber cats, giant ground sloths, giant beavers and mammoths were roaming the forests and plains of Florida when this coral colony was alive in the surrounding warm ancient oceans three million years ago.