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Huge, Semi-Coiled Cephalopod from the Ordovician |
OTHER CEPHALOPODS
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Stock Number XIOC60 |
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Name:
Lituites littuus
Age: Ordovician
Formation: Lituites Beds
Location: China
Size: Fossil is 9.3 inches long!
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Here is a very large specimen of Lituites littuus from the Ordovician of China. This strange nautiloid starts growing in a coiling pattern and then straightens out. This interesting cephalopod is very 3-dimensionally preserved and exhibits fine detail. The straight-line sutures are easily seen, and the individual body chambers are quite evident. The specimen has nice white color and contrasts wonderfully with the reddish-brown matrix. The fossil is well centered on the rectangular block of matrix that has been semi-polished for optimal display. This is a very large specimen of this unusual, semi-coiled nautiloid.
This fossil was collected and obtained legally, and is also being sold legally.
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