Age : 360 Million Years Period : Devonian Location : Sahara Desert, Morocco Gift Box Dimensions : 155mm (6.1") Wide x 170mm (6.7") Deep x 100mm (3.9") High
Goniatites are the family of sea invertebrates that include the most ancient and primitive representatives of the group of ammonites. These are characterized by a spiral shell divided into segments of which only the last one was occupied by the animal while the others were used to move vertically through the water. They appeared 430 million years ago in the seas of the Silurian, and reached their peak of evolution during the early Triassic age (230 million years ago).
These samples are polished in order to show the contrasts in color and the suture lines, which correspond to the walls dividing the living area from the segments used to move through the water.
Manticoceras Goniatites are large Upper Devonian ammonites with a large lenticular shape, a moderate sized umbilicus and no noticeable ribs or spines on the outside surfaces of their shells. This genus of ammonites has a goniatitic suture pattern and has been found in North America, Eurasia, Western Australia, and in
North Africa. This specimen comes from the Sahara Desert in Morocco, the source of some of the most spectacular and largest Devonian ammonites found anywhere in the world.
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