4.6" Jurassic Fossil Belemnite Rostrum - England

This is a fossil rostrum from a belemnite (Cylindroteuthis) collected from a Middle Jurassic aged marine deposit in Northamptonshire, England. It's quite large, has undergone partial pyrite replacement, and is nicely intact with no repair.

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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Cylindroteuthis sp.
LOCATION
Northamptonshire, England
SIZE
4.6" long
ITEM
#357343
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