Ornate Single Notched Encope grandis Sand Dollar from Mexico

Encope grandis

Geological Time: Pleistocene

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch): 9 cm x 9 cm ( 3.5” x 3.5”)

Fossil Site: El Golfo de Santa Maria, Mexico

Code: PFO300

Price: $50.00

Description: OK, so why do sand dollars such as this one have holes and notches? The simple answer is to keep the sand dollar from being blown around and give it stability in the churning water.

Let me allow the photo to speak for itself of this exceptionally beautiful fossil.

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