Natural History - Sporadoceras Fossil Goniatite

UPPER DEVONIAN PERIOD, 385-359 MILLION YEARS B.P.

6 1/8 in. (805 grams, 15.5 cm).

A large free standing Sporadoceras sp. goniatite, polished through to reveal the calcite preserved inside and showing the dividing gas chambers known as suture patterns. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the Atlas Mountains, Morocco, North Africa.
Acquired 1950s-1960s.
From an old Bristol, UK, paleontological collection.

CONDITION

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LOT 1916