4.6" Polished Goniatite Fossil - Morocco

This is a polished fossil goniatite, a close relative of ammonites (same subclass). These goniatites are Devonian in age and are quarried from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Goniatites possessed a shell divided internally into chambers filled with gas for buoyancy. An open chamber at the front of the shell provided living space for the animal. The general morphology and habit of goniatites was probably similar to that of their later relatives the ammonites: they swam freely and possessed heads with two well developed eyes and arms.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Goniatites sp.
LOCATION
Atlas Mountains, Morocco
SIZE
4.6" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#246240
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