Manticoceras sp. Hyatt, 1884; Approximate dimensions: 4.5" (11.4 cm) x 3.5" (8.9 cm) x 1.6" (4.1 cm) polished fossil ammonoid weighing 15 ounces. This is the largest decent grade Moroccan palaeoammonoid we have seen in a while. The suture pattern and shape of the conch suggest that this is an example of Manticoceras. That would place it in Family Gephuroceratidae Frech 1901, Suborder Anarcestina Miller & Furnish, 1954 .
Ref. pp. L33 Fig. 30(B) Treatise On Invertebrate Paleontology, Part L -- Mollusca 4 (1957).
This is an Upper Devonian age fossil ammonoid from the Atlas Mountains of Morocco that was prepared in Morocco.
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