2.6" Elephant Bird Aepyornis Maximus Egg Shell Specimen Late Pleistocene Madagascar Cricket Formed in mineral-rich springs over

Formed in mineral-rich springs over the past 400

They likely swam by bending their bodies like a snake and propelled themselves with their finned tails

Because ammonites evolved rapidly over short geological timescales

This extraordinary gemstone originated from the Ries crater in Bavaria

between 96 and 65 million years ago

2.6" Elephant Bird Aepyornis Maximus Egg Shell Specimen Late Pleistocene Madagascar Cricket Formed in mineral-rich springs overLocation: Madagascar Coast Weight: 0. 7 Ounces Dimensions: 2. 6 Inches Long, 2. 1 Inches Wide, 0. 15 Inches Thick Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The item pictured is the one you will receive. Lived during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. They are thought to have existed from around 43,000 years ago until their extinction approximately around 10001200 CE. The Elephant bird, scientifically known as Aepyornis, is an extinct genus of