Fish Fossils for Sale

Fish Fossils for Sale . The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion.

It was during this time that the early chordates developed the skull and the vertebral column, leading to the first craniates and vertebrates.  The first fish lineages belong to the Agnatha, or jawless fish.

Fish have undergone a long period of evolution that is well represented in the fossil record.   Today they represent the most diverse group of vertebrates on the planet.

Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records. They are the earliest known vertebrates, and include the first and extinct fish that lived through the Cambrian to the Quaternary. The study of prehistoric fish is called paleoichthyology. A few living forms, such as the coelacanth are also referred to as prehistoric fish, or even living fossils, due to their current rarity and similarity to extinct forms. Fish which have become recently extinct are not usually referred to as prehistoric fish. They were very different from what we have today. They likely were larger and had tougher scales.

We offer a large selection of Fish Fossils for Sale from various time periods and geographic locations.

*Fossils that come from Limestone that is SPLIT APART to find the fossils will rarely split perfectly, with one side being a perfect positive and the other side a perfect negative. There will be areas “missing” that were left on the other half of the plate. It is usual and customary for those areas to be filled back in, usually with tinted preservative. Then, the whole specimen is lightly coated with a super-thin preservative to keep the carbonized fossil from flaking off.