RareFossil16/621999Illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno
Aerodactyl 16/62 · Fossil price & value
Raw · near mint
$7.57
Updated
GradedFull ladder ↓
- BGS 10$23731×
- PSA 10$23231×
- PSA 9$496.5×
- Sales recorded
- 216
- every grade, since 2026
- Last 90 days
- 178 raw · 200 all
- 71 in the last 30, every grade
- Confidence
- Medium
- 178 sales in 90 days, but prices vary widely.
- Latest sale
- 3d ago
- raw
Sold prices, not asking. Near Mint estimate from 182 completed sales of this exact card, each adjusted for the condition it sold in. An estimate, not an appraisal. How we price →
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What's your copy worth?
The headline above is Near Mint. Most copies that actually change hands are not — here is the same card at every condition it is realistically held in. How the grades are judged → How we price played copies →
✦ PF
Pack fresh
$15.32
+102%
✦ GC
Grading candidate
$10.09
+33%
NMheadline
Near Mint
$7.57
basis
LP
Lightly Played
$7.39
−2%
MP
Moderately Played
$6.31
−17%
HP
Heavily Played
$1.73
−77%
DM
Damaged
$1.25
−83%
And here is what an ungraded copy has actually done. The line ends on the Near Mint price above — the same number, not a second one.
Raw · latest
$8▲ 78%over 6 years
2021-02-01 → 2026-09-20
The top 5% of this card's sales — pack-fresh examples — sold for $15.32 or more. That's about +102% over a typical Near Mint copy.
ⓘ How do we work this out?
We take every real sale of this exact card over the last 12 months (58 sales), sort them by price, and read off the top 15% and top 5%. No multipliers, no guesses — the prices cleaner copies actually fetched.
Why cleaner copies cost more: buyers can see condition in the photos and pay for it. Listings sellers describe as pack fresh or gem mint land in this top band 1.7× more often than ordinary ones — the premium follows the card, not the hype.
Copies in this band are also the ones collectors send to grading: far more likely than a typical binder copy to be submitted at all — and to come back with the strong grade that carries the PSA prices shown on this page. That prospect is part of what buyers are paying for here.
These are read straight off this card's own completed sales — sort them by price and take the top 15% and top 5%. Whether your copy qualifies is a judgment made by looking at the card.
Copies for sale right now
Asking prices, not sales — the headline above is what copies actually sold for. Stock as of 2026-09-19T08:56:51.619Z.
Raw / ungraded
cheapest 6 of 24
Aerodactyl (16) #16/62 FossileBay$3.50
Aerodactyl 16/62 Fossil RegulareBay$3.99
Aerodactyl 16/62 Fossil RegulareBay$3.99
Wizards of the Coast Pokemon TCG Aerodactyl 16/62 Fossil Regular Rare 1999eBay$4.00
Pokémon TCG Aerodactyl Fossil 16/62 Vintage 1999 WOTC Rare UnlimitedeBay$4.00
Aerodactyl 16 1999 Pokemon Fossil - English LPworneBay$4.00
Cheapest raw copy $4 — 54% below our near-mint estimate of $8 · 12 copies whose seller declares wear left out of that comparison
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What the sales actually show
The counts are in the hero; this is how the card trades — the range, the pace, where, and what each grade has actually fetched. Figures that name a grade cover that grade alone; the rest count every grade.
Range
$1 – $69
Raw — lowest to highest sale
Sales rate
35.3/mo
every grade, whole record
Momentum
+13%
Raw — 30d vs 90d median
Where it sells
100% eBay
Raw — last 90 days
Demand
70/100
Very liquid — sales rate, trend & buzz
What each grade sold for
- Raw$5183 sales · 178 in 90d, sells often
- PSA 9$556 sales · 6 in 90d, occasional
- CGC 9$204 sales · 3 in 90d, occasional
- PSA 8$303 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 7$203 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 6$213 sales · 2 in 90d, rare
- PSA 10$4132 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
- CGC 9.5$262 sales · 1 in 90d, rare
Medians of completed sales at that grade — not the ladder above, which prices every grade including the ones that have never traded here. Where the two differ, this one is what changed hands and the ladder is what it is worth.
Every sale we can show you
Completed sales from our own sold ledger, PSA’s certified-sale feed and the eBay comps, in one list, newest first — Fanatics, Goldin and eBay between them. Filter by grade: a raw copy and a graded slab are different objects, and averaging them is how a raw market comes to look wild. We hold 216 sales for this card going back to 2026; the ledger names its most recent eight per grade, which is what the table below can link to.
1–8 of 78 sales · 44 carry a PSA certificate, checkable on psacard.com.
Every grade, priced
Each row is a blended value for that slab, from real completed sales where we have them.
- BGS 10modelled$23731× raw
- PSA 10pop 105✓ 12 cert-verified$23231× raw
- PSA 9pop 288✓ 24 cert-verified$496.5× raw
- PSA 8pop 200$304.0× raw
- PSA 7pop 140$192.6× raw
- PSA 5pop 56✓ 5 cert-verified$172.2× raw
- Ungraded$8
A badge says what is behind the number. cert-verified means PSA sales each tied to a specific slab you can check by serial; sold means completed eBay or Fanatics listings; modelled means no verified graded sale exists and the figure is derived from the raw price and reference guides — a ceiling to check, not a price to quote. reviewed was set by hand after reading the sales record.
How many exist, and at what grade
PSA's cumulative census for this card — the same population behind the ladder above and the grading verdict below.
PSA 10 · gem mint
11.1%
105 of 948
PSA 9
30.4%
288 of 948
Total PSA graded
948
every grade, all time
- PSA 948 graded
- CGC 1,040 graded
- BGS 75 graded
- TAG 15 graded
The census is cumulative and counts resubmissions, so it skews toward nicer copies and overstates the gem rate a first submission should expect. Treat it as the ceiling.
The odds of pulling one
Aerodactyl is a Rare in Fossil— the pack’s hit slot lands on rare 67% of the time, split across 15 of them in the set, so pulling this exact card is roughly 1 in 22 packs.
Is Aerodactyl worth grading?
Every grade weighted by how often this card actually earns it — not the PSA 10 outcome alone.
Verdict
Not worth it
every grade weighted by its census share
Expected net
$-25
after fees, all grades
Best case
$152
PSA 10 only
Grading cost
$71
tier fee + shipping
Best case is the PSA 10 outcome and the number to trust least — it assumes the gem rate the census above shows, which the census itself overstates. Expected net is the honest one.
That is the average submitted copy. Tell us about yours and the verdict re-prices — most cards stop being worth grading here. Not sure? Grade it from a photo →
These are set to a flawless copy — the answer above. Change any of them to re-price it for the card in your hand.
Trader
Compare graders, and the live market
The verdict above is PSA's — the grader the population, the ROI table and the ladder on this page all use. Trader prices all three graders against each other and adds what the asking market is doing right now.
- PSA, CGC and Beckett side by side — each on its own population and fees, Beckett scored on the 9.5 its market pays for.
- Lightly and moderately played — the same expected return for a copy that cannot gem.
- Ask vs sold — what the live listings want, against what copies have really closed at.
- Momentum — the 30-day median against the 90-day, per grade.
- Where it sells higher — the Fanatics-versus-eBay premium, with the sale counts behind it.
- Population history — the weekly PSA census, so you can see how fast 10s are arriving before you post the card.
Built on 30 graded sales and a population of 1,890,759 · fees as of 2026-09-19.
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Is it worth it?
An AI market read of this card — value, momentum, grading economics, liquidity. It lays out the data; you decide.
More Aerodactyl and more from Fossil
Prices are raw near mint; PSA 10 shown where we have one.
AerodactylSkyridge · #1 · 2003$63.83PSA 10 $428
AerodactylLegend Maker · #1 · 2006$54.70PSA 10 $1,477
AerodactylFossil · #1 · 1999$25.73PSA 10 $1,440
AerodactylNeo Revelation · #15 · 2001$8.15PSA 10 $135
AerodactylMajestic Dawn · #15 · 2008$6.92
AerodactylDark Explorers · #53 · 2012$3.57PSA 10 $66
AerodactylArceus · #13 · 2009$3.55PSA 10 $85
AerodactylTeam Up · #130 · 2019$0.96PSA 10 $38
GengarFossil · #5 · 1999$168PSA 10 $1,497
DragoniteFossil · #4 · 1999$131PSA 10 $6,500
MoltresFossil · #12 · 1999$50.12PSA 10 $1,840
ArticunoFossil · #2 · 1999$44.61PSA 10 $3,439
HaunterFossil · #6 · 1999$36.98PSA 10 $2,200
DittoFossil · #3 · 1999$34.64PSA 10 $1,841
GengarFossil · #20 · 1999$34.30PSA 10 $1,000
RaichuFossil · #14 · 1999$33.92PSA 10 $3,000
HitmonleeFossil · #7 · 1999$27.50PSA 10 $1,612
KabutopsFossil · #9 · 1999$25.64PSA 10 $3,700
ZapdosFossil · #15 · 1999$25.39PSA 10 $735
HypnoFossil · #8 · 1999$25.04PSA 10 $981
DragoniteFossil · #19 · 1999$24.82PSA 10 $1,225
MagnetonFossil · #11 · 1999$19.22PSA 10 $450
LaprasFossil · #10 · 1999$18.02PSA 10 $3,908
MoltresFossil · #27 · 1999$11.00PSA 10 $225
ArticunoFossil · #17 · 1999$10.34PSA 10 $173
DittoFossil · #18 · 1999$10.28PSA 10 $249
MukFossil · #13 · 1999$10.13PSA 10 $450
ZapdosFossil · #30 · 1999$9.97PSA 10 $415
HaunterFossil · #21 · 1999$9.02PSA 10 $356
RaichuFossil · #29 · 1999$8.31PSA 10 $375
LaprasFossil · #25 · 1999$8.04PSA 10 $500
Make sure you have the right card
Every price on this page is for Fossil #16/62, 1999. Check yours against the tells below before you buy, sell or grade.
A black “EDITION 1” stamp sits to the left of the picture, between the illustration and the card's lower text. No stamp means it is not 1st Edition, whatever else the listing says.
On the WOTC printings (1999–2002): a grey drop shadow runs down the right side of the picture frame, and there is no edition stamp. This is the common printing and the cheapest of the three.
Market data
Where else this card trades, where the markets disagree, and what the price series says about the last 90 days.
Across the markets
7% apart- PriceCharting$5
- Our raw sold median$5
Vendor prices for the same printing beside our own raw sold median — the same figure as the Raw row in the by-grade table. A wide gap is usually thin data on one side rather than an arbitrage; the headline is blended from sales, not from the cheapest of these.
What the series says
Volatility
volatile
90-day band
$2 – $20
Today’s price sits 31% of the way up that band. These are readings of the raw price series above — not separate measurements, and not a forecast.
About Aerodactyl
Which card this is — then the attacks and stats as printed, and the species behind them.
Aerodactyl is a Rare Pokémon card from Fossil (#16, released 1999), illustrated by Kagemaru Himeno. It’s a Stage 1 Fighting-type Pokémon with 60 HP, evolving from Mysterious Fossil, weak to Grass ×2.
Card text
Evolves from Mysterious Fossil.
No more Evolution cards can be played. This power stops working while Aerodactyl is Asleep, Confused, or Paralyzed.
Colorless · Colorless · Colorless
“A ferocious prehistoric Pokémon that goes for the enemy's throat with its serrated saw-like fangs.”
The Pokémon
A ferocious, pre historic POKéMON that goes for the enemy's throat with its serrated saw-like fangs.
Card details
- Set
- Fossil
- Number
- #16
- Rarity
- Rare
- Released
- 1999
- Pokémon
- All Aerodactyl cards
- Generation
- Gen I · Kanto
- Artist
- Kagemaru Himeno
- Supertype
- Pokémon
- Subtypes
- Stage 1
- Type
- Fighting
- HP
- 60
- National Pokédex
- #142
- Card ID
- base3-16
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Frequently asked questions
How much is Aerodactyl (Fossil #16) worth?
As of 20 September 2026, Aerodactyl from Fossil is worth approximately $8 ungraded in near-mint condition, and around $232 in PSA 10 gem mint. Blended from real completed sales and live market prices, updated daily.
What is the PSA 10 price for Aerodactyl?
A PSA 10 (gem mint) Aerodactyl from Fossil is worth around $232 — roughly 31× the raw ungraded value of $8.
Should I grade my Aerodactyl?
Probably not. Weighted across the grades this card actually earns, expected value after the $71 grading fee is about $-25 — grading it is likely to cost more than it adds.
How often does Aerodactyl sell?
CardTrack recorded 200 completed sales of Aerodactyl (Fossil #16) across every grade in the last 90 days, 178 of them raw, the most recent on 2026-09-18. The headline price is a blend of those sales rather than an asking price.
Is Aerodactyl rare?
Aerodactyl is a Rare card from Fossil (card #16), released in 1999.