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Antique 450 Million Years Polished Orthoceras Fossil Morocco 1.1kg Seabed Matrix

$ 52.27

Availability: 24 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Morocco
  • Condition: Beautifully prepared polished fossil Orthoceras in a rough seabed matrix. 5 polished fossils in a sample sized 9" x 6", and weighing 1.1 kg. No chips, cracks, breaks or damage. Great for your collection or as a gift.
  • related to: Devonian ammonite trilobite extinct cambrian
  • Period: Ordovician
  • type: Nautiloid cephalopod

    Description

    Over 450 MILLION YEARS OLD!!!
    Group of polished Ordovician Orthoceras fossils in a rough seabed matrix. Dramatic and beautiful.
    From the Atlas mountains of Morocco
    Beautifully prepared polished fossil Orthoceras in a rough seabed matrix.
    5 polished fossils in a sample sized 9" x 6", and weighing 1.1 kg.
    No chips, cracks, breaks or damage.
    Great for your collection or as a gift.
    Size 9” x 6” , weight 1100 grams
    Orthoceras were cone-shell shaped predators which roamed Ordovician seas 450 - 480 million years ago. Plentiful in the seas, they grew to sizes as large as 6 feet long. Related to the modern squid and chambered nautilus.