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.8" Ordovician Gastropod Fossil - Morocco
This is an interesting, .8" wide late Ordovician age gastropod fossil on limestone from a location near Hmar Laghdad, Morocco. These gastropods must be mechanically prepared from the hard limestone they are found in.
Gastropods, or snails, have been around since the Late Cambrian period. The class Gastropoda contains a vast total of named species, second only to the insects in overall number. There are 611 known families of gastropods, of which 202 families are extinct and appear only in the fossil record.
SPECIES
Unidentified
AGE
LOCATION
Near Hmar Laghdad, Morocco
SIZE
.8" wide, 2.2 x 1.5" limestone
CATEGORY
ITEM
#164067
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