Orthoceres Battlefield

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Orthoceres Battlefield

Size Approx. 75x35 cm, 32kg, from Morocco

Polished orthoceres exposed in Matrix south of the Moroccan Atlas Mountains by strong temperature fluctuations. The cone-shaped housing of the molluscs (cephalopods) has been preserved as fossils

Orthoceras: Ancient greek -Straight horn, originally designated Orthoceras All nautiloideen with a straight shell, just the orthocone housing

Order: Orthocerida ca. 300 million years