For over 400 million years, Coelacanths have quietly stalked the world's oceans, living fossils that have remained unchanged since the ancient Devonian Age of Fishes. They were thought extinct until a fresh specimen was discovered in 1938 by museum curator Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer. Designed here at Mini Museum, this acacia wood cutting board features a laser-etched relief of a Coelacanth fossil. The 240,000,000-year-old fossil first appeared in the Fifth Edition Collection. We loved it so much that we 3D scanned the original fossil and crafted a design that would make for a wonderful conversation piece. The original specimen was recovered from the Middle Sankamena Formation in Madagascar. The board also comes with a large informational display card with a print of the original Coelacanth fossil. Note: To preserve your cutting board, we recommend the use of a light coat of mineral oil.