ORTHOCERAS FOSSIL -A WONDERFUL GIFT

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Description: ORTHOCERAS: OTHERWISE KNOWN AS "CEPHALOPOD" MEANING HEAD AND FOOT, WHICH PROTRUDED OUT OF THE SAME SHELL CAVITY. IT WAS A PREHISTORIC SEA CREATURE RELATED TO THE MODERN SQUID, AND OCTOPUS FAMILY. THESE CREATURES GREW AS MUCH AS 60 FEET IN LENGTH. THEY HAD A CONE SHAPED SHELL, WHICH THEY CONSTANTLY EXPANDED BY ADDING LARGER BODY CHAMBERS TO IT. THIS FOSSIL IS FOUND IN THE SAHARA DESERT IN MOROCCO, WHICH WAS COVERED BY OCEAN 450 MILLION YEARS AGO.

Status: For Sale	Reference#: 076
Condition: EXCELLANT	Year: PRE-HISTORIC
Country: USA
Height: 10.75 in. (27.31 cm)
Width: 4.50 in. (11.43 cm)

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