Genuine Canyon Diablo Meteorite in Glass Dome

Genuine Canyon Diablo Meteorite in Glass DomeOwn a piece from out of this world. The Canyon Diablo meteorite struck the Arizona desert approximately 50,000 years ago with such tremendous force it carved out the famous Barringer Crater nearly a mile wide and 570 feet deep one of the best preserved impact craters on the entire planet. Holding this fragment means holding a piece of the very meteorite that reshaped the Earth beneath your feet. You are not just looking at a rock you are looking at a

and spinnerets

worn teeth are continually replaced

Stegosaurus – Armored dinosaurs with spikes

living and raising their young in large

Both animals occupied the role of apex macropredator on their respective continents

and chemical changes

Paratypes include a right ischium (UMNH VP 6379)

The display case  measures 4

Allosaurus was first described in the late 1800s during the famous “Bone Wars

Black and gray from phosphate-rich deposits

probably hunting large herbivorous dinosaurs such as sauropods and iguanodonts

It has some sun bleaching from being exposed to the hot desert sun