1.9" Fossil Goniatite (Posttornoceras) - Morocco

Fossil Goniatite (Posttornoceras) - Morocco #117211

This is a 1.9" fossil goniatite (Posttornoceras) from near Tafilalt, Morocco. The out shell is completely worn away, revealing the intricate suture pattern of the inner shell.

This specimen includes an acrylic display stand.

Ammonites were predatory cephalopod mollusks that resembled squids with spiral shells. They are more closely related to living octopuses, though their shells resemble that of nautilus species. True ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago during the Triassic Period. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.

What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.

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