Solnhofen Fossils for Sale

Solnhofen Fossils for Sale  – . Solnhofen is a municipality in Bavaria in Germany.

The local area is famous in geology and paleontology for the Solnhofen limestone that used to be quarried commercially for Lithographs, paving stones and other uses.

During the course of the commercial activity it was discovered that there were fossils entombed in the limestone.

This is a very fine-grained limestone from the Jurassic period which is an exceptionally fine Lagerstätte that preserves detailed fossil specimens. T

he most famous fossils that have been found is the early feathered theropod dinosaur, the Archaeopteryx. There are only 13 known specimens of the Archaeopteryx.

The fossils of these deposits are among the best preserved and most famous in the world that preserves a rare assemblage of fossilized organisms, including highly detailed imprints of soft bodied organisms such as sea jellies.

We are proud to offer one of the largest selections of Solnhofen Fossils for sale on the internet. Our offerings include Fossil Ammonites, Fossil Brittle Starfish, Fossil Insects, Fossil Starfish just to name a few.

*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.