{"title":"Beach \u0026 Malacology","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"angels-from-the-past","title":"*FINAL SALE* Angels From The Past","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn exclusive look at the rare “Angel Fish” and the fossil-bearing Bolca sites, as only expert paleontologist, geologist, and gemologist Stefano Piccini Ph.D. can tell it. This collector’s edition features exclusive, detailed pictures of rare fossils from private collections and in-depth scientific information about the most important, unique specimens discovered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Angels From the Past details what are perhaps Italy’s most important fossil localities near the village of Bolca. Famed for quality of preservation, diversity of the association, and abundance of fossils, the Bolca site yielded the rare Eoplatax papilio. Only 25 angel fish have been discovered after centuries of research. 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This collector’s edition features exclusive, detailed pictures of rare fossils from private collections and in-depth scientific information about the most important, unique specimens discovered. Jurassic Oceans: Holzmaden details the characteristic black “Posidonia Shale” and the wealth of fossils within. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content a-expander-content-expanded\" aria-expanded=\"true\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHolzmaden is most famous for its complete and articulated skeletons of large, Jurassic marine reptiles including ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, and crocodilians, even those persevered with traces of soft tissues. 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