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3" Jurassic Belemnite Fossil - Germany
Here is a fossil belemnite from the Jurassic age, Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden, Germany. This specimen has undergone some partial replacement with pyrite. Additionally, there are some very light impressions of what appear to be Dactylioceras ammonites in the shale.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
It comes with an acrylic display stand.
Belemnites are probably the most well known extinct cephalopod after the ammonites. They lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are fairly common fossils found throughout the world. They had a hard, internal, cone-shaped structure that is often preserved as a fossil, though it is not technically a shell. They had ten arms but, unlike modern squid, these arms had small hooks instead of suckers.
SPECIES
Unidentified
LOCATION
Holzmaden, Germany
FORMATION
Posidonia Shale
SIZE
3" Belemnite, 9.4 x 8.3" Rock
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#180452
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