Jurassic Sea Snail (Pyrgotrochus) and Belemnite Fossil - France

This is a beautiful, 1.9" long Pyrgotrochus elongatus sea snail fossil naturally preserved alongside a belemnite rostrum fossil, collected from a Middle Jurassic (Bajocian Stage) marine deposit in Évrecy, France. Both fossils have been exposed in high relief from the rock they were found in.

A partial ammonite can also be found within the rock. 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

Pyrgotrochus elongatus & Unidentified

AGE

Middle Jurassic - Bajocian Stage (~168 Million Years)