Morocco, North Africa
Dimensions
4.5"/115mm
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Description
Goniatite Ammonoid
this remarkable Cephalopod with very distinctive Goniotitic Suture patterning has been treated after excavation and cleaning with a highly polished finish to enhance the great detail of the Calcite replaced chambers of the once living invertebrate.
The zoom Images are of the one specimen-different views
Genial History
Ammonoid Family, which includes nautilus still persisting in the Indian Ocean & Pacific oceans, all other ammonoids including these Goniatites died out in a great mass marine extinction approximately 74 million years ago, just about 11 mill yrs before the mass Dinosaur extinction at the end of the cretaceous Period. Goniatites related to other members of the Cephalopod group such as octopus, Cuttle fish & squids.
Condition Report
this remarkable Cephalopod with very distinctive Goniotitic Suture patterning has been treated after excavation and preparation with a highly polished finish to enhance the great detail of the Calcite replaced chambers of the once living invertebrate.
Genus
Goniatite Sp.
Location
Arfoud, Rissanni, Morocco,
Geological Age
Devonian Period 420-355 mya
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