Name:
Cylindroteuthis oweni
Age: Jurassic
Formation: Callovian Layers
Location: Michailov, Russia
Size: Cephalopod is almost 7 inches long!
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This is an amazing cephalopod fossil. This is a huge specimen of a belemnite, Cylindroteuthis oweni, from the Jurassic of Russia. Belemnites were a squid-like animals, closely related to a modern-day cuttlefish. This bullet-shaped belemnite is unusually complete and very 3-dimensional. The fossil is free of matrix and displays beautifully from all sides. The hollow living chamber is intact, which is extremely unusual. The cephalopod has wonderful orange-brown coloration and a natural transclucent quality. And it is almost SEVEN inches long - wow! This is a very collectible specimen of a large Cylindroteuthis belemnite - easily one of the largest fossil belemnites that ever lived.
This fossil was collected and obtained legally, and is also being sold legally.
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