Single Specimen of Bivalve Gryphaea

Single specimen of a fossilised Bivalve Gryphaea. Remember all our prices include VAT & carriage within the UK.

A bivalve gryphaea is a fossilised shell from an extinct marine animal that lived millions of years ago. Gryphaea is a genus of oyster-like bivalve mollusks that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. The shells of these creatures are easily recognisable due to their distinctive shape, which resembles a curled hand or a ram's horn.

Bivalve gryphaea specimen are often used as index fossils, making them valuable for geologists in dating rocks and reconstructing past environments.