Orthoceras fossil bookends
Very decorative pair of bookends, sculpted from a black limestone filled with Orthoceras shell fossils, with an Orthoceras fossil set onto the front of each piece. Orthoceras was a straight shelled nautiloid, a type of shelled squid.
Found in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco.
Devonian, circa 400 million years old
Measurements are approximate and the minimum size you should expect your item to be
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