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Name:
Common name:
orthoceras, cephalopod, orthocerus, orthoceros
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Orthoceratidae → Michelinoceras → michelini → Michelinoceras michelini → Barrande, 1866
Quality:
Location:
Erfoud (Arfoud), Drâa-Tafilalet region / Morocco
Geological Age:
Devon [d] / approx. 390 million years
Size of the item:
Width: 9 cm
Thickness: 2 cm
Length: 12,8 cm
Size of the fossil:
Weight:
Piece of Devonian orthoceren limestone from Morocco, muggle ground and polished on the upper side. The inner chamber structure of embedded orthocera, the precursors of today's squid, is clearly recognizable. The piece can be used as a paperweight, for example.
