2.2" Elephant Bird Aepyornis Maximus Egg Shell Specimen Late Pleistocene Madagascar Crinoids was an extraordinary genus of

was an extraordinary genus of giant flightless birds that once inhabited Madagascar

With forests denser than those of the Cretaceous

the earliest known skeletal structure in the animal kingdom

a flexible middle section composed of two to as many as sixty-one overlapping segments that allowed movement and defensive behaviors

2.2" Elephant Bird Aepyornis Maximus Egg Shell Specimen Late Pleistocene Madagascar Crinoids was an extraordinary genus ofLocation: Madagascar Coast Weight: 0. 7 Ounces Dimensions: 2. 2 Inches Long, 1. 9 Inches Wide, 0. 15 Inches Thick Comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The item pictured is the one you will receive. Lived during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene epochs. They are thought to have existed from around 43,000 years ago until their extinction approximately around 10001200 CE. The Elephant bird, scientifically known as Aepyornis, is an extinct genus of