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A spectacular egg of Elephant Bird, scientific name Aepyornis Maximum.
All the pieces that compose it are part of the same egg, there are no parts added from other eggs.
Aepyornis is an extinct giant bird lived in Madagascar until the 1700s. It could reach 3 m in height and weigh more than 500 kg. The eggs were approx. 30 cm high with a circumference of 70 cm at least.

Dimensions: 310x250x250 mm
Weight: 1960 g
Dating: 1700
Origin: Madagascar

QUATERNARY-Pleistocene (0.01–2.58 million years) - Madagascar

Extinct Elephant Bird Egg, re-constructed - all fragments of the same egg - Aepyornis Maximus - 310×250×250 mm

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Natural

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Good condition - used with small signs of aging & blemishes

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As new - unused

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Reconstructed

Excellent condition - barely used with minimal signs of wear

Period

Cretaceous (145 - 66 million years)

Cretaceous, Upper (100.5 - 66 million years)

Paleogene, Eocene (56 - 33.9 million years)

Neogene, Miocene (23.03 - 5.33 million years)

Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)

Devonian (419.2 - 358.9 million years)

Jurassic (201.3 - 145 million years)

Triassic (251.9 - 201.3 million years)

Jurassic, Lower (201.3 - 174.1 million years)

Ordovician (485.4 - 443.8 million years)

1970-1980

Quaternary, Pleistocene (2.58 - 0.0117 million years)

Jurassic, Upper (163.5 - 145 million years)

Carboniferous, Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 298.9 million years)

Devonian, Middle (393.3 - 382.7 million years)

Neogene (23.03 - 2.58 million years)

Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)

Carboniferous (358.9 - 298.9 million years)

Triassic, Middle (247.2 - 237 million years)

Paleogene, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.03 million years)

Jurassic, Middle (174.1 - 163.5 million years)

Ordovician, Middle (470 - 458.4 million years)

Silurian (443.8 - 419.2 million years)

Cenozoic (66 - 0 million years)

Neogene, Pliocene (5.33 - 2.58 million years)

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18 kt.

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53 (EU) / 13 (IT) / 6 ¼ (US)

57 (EU) / 17 (IT) / 8 (US)

Large (19 cm)

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Lightly spotted

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