8" Fossil Belemnites (Paxillosus) with Vertebra - Germany

Fossil Belemnites (Paxillosus) with Vertebra - Germany #133275

This is a 8" wide mortality plate of fossil Belemnites of the species Belemnites paxillosus, that are Jurassic in age and were collected from Mistelgau, Germany. The largest Belemnite on this plate is about 1.6" long. There is an Ichthyosaur vertebra mixed in with the Belemnites.

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.