Two Fossil Belemnites (Youngibelus) - Germany

This shale contains two exquisitely preserved belemnites (Youngibelus) from the Jurassic age, Posidonia Shale of Holzmaden, Germany. These belemnites have been exposed from the rock it was found in. The largest specimen is 7.8" long and the smaller measures 5.8" long.

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.

SPECIES

Youngibelus gigas

AGE

Jurassic (180 Million Years Ago)