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    Gallery - Fossils - Orthoceras 

              
         40 lb. Moroccan Plate                          110 lb. Moroccan Plate

 Orthoceras Sculpture

  The Orthoceras is very similar to the ammonite,
  only it has a straight shell. The word Orthoceras
   means “straight horn” and refers to
  its shape. They are also referred to as the
   original squid. They are some of the oldest
   known fossils to man from 300to 500 million
   years old. The group of cephalopods called
 Orthoceratoids had straight to slightly curved
 external shells, which are common fossils in
Paleozoic rock. The Orthoceras from Morocco
occur as white fossil in a dark gray or black
marble matrix and also in a brown marble matrix.
The result is a fossil with very good contrast.