Orthoceras/Ammonite Fossils Round Jewelry Box w/ Removable Lid 3-1/2" Handmade

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Rounded Fossilized Orthoceras/Ammonite Jewelry Box with removable lid 2-5/8" Diameter and 1-3/4" tall. Location Origin: Atlas Mountains, Morocco Age of Fossils: 240 Millions -500 Millions Years Old You will receive the EXACT item pictured!
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Length: 3-1/2"
Width:  3-1/2"
Height: 1-5/8"
Description: 1 bowl and included lid as shown in the images. Buyer will receive exact item as pictured
Wikipedia:
Orthoceras ("straight horn") is a genus of extinct nautiloid cephalopod. This genus is sometimes called Orthoceratites. Note it is sometimes misspelled as Orthocera, Orthocerus or Orthoceros (Sweet 1964:K222). Orthoceras fossils are common and have a global distribution, occurring in any marine rock, especially in limestone. These are slender, elongate shells with the middle of the body chamber transversely constricted, and a subcentral orthochoanitic siphuncle. The surface is ornamented by a network of fine lirae (Sweet 1964:K224). Many other very similar species are included under the genus Michelinoceras.
Ammonites
(
pronunciation:
/
ˈ
æməna
ɪ
ts/) are an extinct group of marine mollusc animals in the subclass
Ammonoidea
of the class Cephalopoda. These molluscs are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e., octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish) than they are to shelled nautiloids such as the living
Nautilus
species. The earliest ammonites appear during theDevonian, and the last species died out during the Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event.
Ammonites are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to link the rock layer in which a particular species or genus is found to specific geologic time periods. Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals, although there were some helically spiraled and nonspiraled forms (known as heteromorphs).
The name "ammonite", from which the scientific term is derived, was inspired by the spiral shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled rams' horns. Pliny the Elder (d. 79 AD near Pompeii) called fossils of these animals
ammonis cornua
("horns of Ammon") because the Egyptian god Ammon (Amun) was typically depicted wearing ram's horns.
[1]
Often the name of an ammonite genus ends in -
ceras
, which is Greek (κέρας) for "horn".
The name "ammonite", from which the scientific term is derived, was inspired by the spiral shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled
rams
' horns.
Pliny the Elder
(d. 79 AD near Pompeii) called fossils of these animals
ammonis cornua
("horns of Ammon") because the Egyptian god Ammon (
Amun
) was typically depicted wearing ram's horns.
[1]
Often the name of an ammonite genus ends in -
ceras
, which is
Greek
(κέρας) for "horn".
Orthoceras
("straight horn") is a
genus
of extinct
nautiloid
cephalopod
. This genus is sometimes called
Orthoceratites
. Note it is sometimes misspelled as
Orthocera
,
Orthocerus
or
Orthoceros
(
Sweet 1964
:K222).
Orthoceras
fossils are common and have a global distribution, occurring in any marine rock, especially in
limestone
.
These are slender, elongate shells with the middle of the
body chamber
transversely
constricted, and a subcentral orthochoanitic
siphuncle
. The surface is ornamented by a network of fine
lirae
(
Sweet 1964
:K224). Many other very similar species are included under the genus
Michelinoceras
.
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