420.7g,5.2″x4″x1.4″ Fossils Orthoceras (straight horn) SQUID @Morocco, MF1621

420.7g,5.2″x4″x1.4″ Fossils Orthoceras (straight horn) SQUID @Morocco, MF1621

Length: About 5.2″ (End to End including rough part)

Width: About 4″ (Widest Part)

Thickness: About 1.4″ (Thickest Part)

Location of Origin: Atlas Mountains, Morocco

Age of Fossils: 240 Million – 500 Million Years Old or So

*** Sizes are measured from Matrix (Rough Part not the polished fossil) 

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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.