Bargain Polished Orthoceras (Cephalopod) Plate - 8.4"

Orthoceras is an extinct "straight" cephalopod that lived during the Devonian period nearly 400 million years ago. Like other cephalopods they lived inside of their shell, had tentacles they could use to grab food, and used jet propulsion, squirting water to move. They are found and mined in huge numbers from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco, which lie on the Northern edge of the Sahara Desert.

This plate has several specimens of Orthoceras, which have been polished to reveal the inner segmented chambers. The plate is approximately 8.4"x5.4" and up to 1.5" thick. There is a repaired crack through one end of this specimen, hence the bargain price.