Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood This skull has some of

This skull has some of the best colour that I have seen on a skull

The vertebrae are also all present and strung together and the ribs are all present and intact

There are a few possible causes for this including possible scurvy

This is an interesting and unusual item

Large piece of petrified / fossilised palm wood This skull has some ofHere's an unusual thing, particularly in the UK. This is a large piece of silicified petrified palm wood. This one is also unusual as unlike many of the pieces that are from species in the United States, this one was found in the Sahara desert about 40 years ago. Fossilized palm wood is also known as Palmoxylon. It is an extinct genus of palm found around the world. These plants lived from the Late Cretaceous (83 million years ago) until the early