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Name:
Orthosphinctes proinconditus
Common name:
Orthosphinctes proinconditus → Ammonite, Ammonoids, Cephalopod
Synonym:
Orthosphinctes proinconditus → Ardescia proinconditus
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Ataxioceratidae → Orthosphinctes → proinconditus → Orthosphinctes proinconditus → Wegele, 1929
Location:
Bischberg, Upper Franconia, Bavaria / Germany
Age:
Upper Jurassic [jo], Malm gamma / 150 million years
Size of the item:
Width: 9 cm
Height: 9 cm
Length: 19,5 cm
Size of the fossil:
Diameter: 6,5 cm / 4,3 cm
Weight:
An ammonite from the Upper Jurassic period around 150 million years ago. The greenish color of the stone core results from the inclusion of the mineral glauconite in the area of the former shell.
