Great South Gems & Minerals
• Orthoceras Fossil Plate• (Morocco)
• Orthoceras Fossil Plate• (Morocco)
cephalopod fossils - cephalopods - ammonites
Large polished black marble matrix with whitish cephalopod fossils
clearly showing in the stone. These are larger pieces. Every piece
is different shaped. Can be used for soap dish, ashtray, candy dish,
or as an attractive display specimen.
The Orthoceras is an extinct cephalopod, a squid-like creature. The
Orthoceras is a very close relative to the extinct ammonites. They
were both cephalopods with tentacles like modern-day squids and
octopus. The ammonite sported a round shell and the orthoceras had a
long straight shell. If you went back in time, caught an ammonite
and an orthoceras, pulled them out of their respective shells and
laid them out side by side, the two creatures would look almost identical.
Learn more about Orthoceras at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthoceratites
Learn more about Cephalopods at: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalopod
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| F1230 Orthoceras Fossil Plate (Morocco) |
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