Sep 10, 2019

Trailer with $100K in fossils including giant fish from Kansas still missing

Posted Sep 10, 2019 2:28 PM

Missing trailer photo GeoDeco


“Skull of Cretaceous predatory fish-photo courtesy GeoDecor[/caption]


AURORA, Colo. (AP) — A trailer containing fossils worth more than $100,000 has been reported stolen from a Colorado parking lot. The sliver-toned trailer was taken Sunday from the Crowne Plaza Convention Center and Hotel lot in Aurora.


Officials say the 20-foot-long trailer contains 13 fossils including at least four valued at more than $10,000 each. Officials say the items belonging to fossil and mineral supply company GeoDecor Inc. include a 92-million-year-old fossil shark specimen valued at $50,000. [



The fossilized skull of a giant predatory fish from Kansas is valued at $20,000, while a fossil garfish is valued at $18,000. A stingray and fish fossilized in limestone from Wyoming is believed to be 51 million years old. Details of the stolen items have been circulated to fossil dealers.