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The largest fossil shell, Campanile giganteum, is one of the most imposing gastropods ever to have lived on Earth, measuring 52 cm in length in a straight line, a giant from the Eocene, that is 37 million years old, with its matrix teeming with varied mollusks. The whole is completely natural, a magnificent fossil, rare in this state of preservation.

La plus grande coquille fossile le campanile giganteum c’est l’un des gastéropodes les plus imposants ayant jamais vécu sur terre d’une longueur de 52 cm en ligne droite un grand de l’éocène soit 37 millions d’années avec sa matrice qui regorge de mollusques variés l’ensemble est complètement naturel un magnifique fossile rare dans cet état de conservation 

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bell tower - Fossil carapace - 22 cm - 19 cm

Paleogene (66 - 23.03 million years) - France

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Specimen Campanile giganteum, a fossil shell from the Paléogène (66–23.03 million years ago), in natural condition with original authenticity, weighing 11.9 kg and measuring 22 × 19 × 56 cm, from France.

bell tower - Fossil carapace - 22 cm - 19 cm

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Specimen Campanile giganteum, a fossil shell from the Paléogène (66–23.03 million years ago), in natural condition with original authenticity, weighing 11.9 kg and measuring 22 × 19 × 56 cm, from France.

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