3.1" Ecphora Gardnerae Gastropod Fossil Shell Lee Creek Miocene Epoch North Carolina Andalucite One of the most striking

One of the most striking features of brontotheres is their paired blunt horns protruding from the nose

Their most conspicuous morphological adaptation involved paired nasal protuberances exceeding one meter

these ancient marine animals are close relatives of modern squids and cuttlefish

rounded colonies composed of tightly packed hexagonal corallites

3.1" Ecphora Gardnerae Gastropod Fossil Shell Lee Creek Miocene Epoch North Carolina Andalucite One of the most strikingLocation: Lee Creek, North Carolina Weight: 1. 1 Ounces Dimensions: 3. 1 Inches Long, 1. 7 Inches Wide, 1. 5 Inches Thick The item pictured is the one you will receive. Miocene Epoch, 5. 3 million to 23. 3 million years old. Ecphora gardnerae is an extinct Miocene predatory sea snail from the family Muricidae and the official state fossil of Maryland. These snails preyed on bivalves, using their radula to bore holes into shells. Fossils are found in