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Two Ordovician Gastropod Fossils - Morocco
This is a pair of interesting Ordovician gastropod fossils 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
.85" & .9" wide, 2.5 x 1.4" entire specimen
CATEGORY
ITEM
#164096
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