CRI006 - SUPERB "OLD COLLECTION" DEVONIAN FOSSIL SEA LILY CRINOID TAXOCRINUS FROM FAMOUS BUDENBACH SITE

Product Description

ITEM # 

CRI006

ID

Taxocrinus stuertzi

FOUND

Hunsruck Shale - Bundenbach, Germany

AGE

LOWER DEVONIAN (EMSIAN):  390 million years ago

SIZE

6.25" x 4.7" overall, crinoid 3.25" long

CONDITION

NO REPAIR OR FABRICATION

NOTE

SUPERB QUALITY "OLD COLLECTION" SPECIMEN.
LIFELIKE HIGH RELIEF AND FINEST ARTICULATION
WITHOUT DISTORTION.

INCLUDES STAND - Actual Item - One Only

Comes with a certificate of authenticity / information sheet

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From a very old German collection when supreme quality fossils were being found in the once active quarry, this is a SUPREME fossil sea lily crinoid of Taxocrinus stuertzi.  It has ideal articulation with its pom-pom, undistorted crown and long, pronounced stem.  This RARE specimen was found and prepared well before any power tools or air-blasting equipment was employed and therefore, was completely prepared by hand.  Every minute detail is present and the high relief off the slate is most impressive.  You simply cannot find material like this any more.  The quarry has been closed for years and the scrap piles have been picked over.  Meticulous hand preparation is better than modern preparation on this piece!  Often found in distorted positions where the delicate anatomy is difficult to appreciate, this is a superb example.  From an old collection and not to be repeated.  NO REPAIR OR RESTORATION.   

The Hunsruck Slates of Bundenbach, Germany are now protected and have been closed to collecting for quite some time.  The only way to acquire a fossil from this famous location is to find an old collection piece for sale.  The quarries were once worked for slate roofing tiles, with the slate being cut and split by manual labor which permitted the occasional discovery by quarry workers of fossils in the slate tiles.  When a fossil was discovered, they were usually set aside for collectors.  Later technological advances in fossil preparation utilized various methods to further remove the matrix around the fossil without damaging the specimen thereby revealing incredible preservation rarely seen in preserved remains.  The last mines were abandoned in the 1960's.