1.8" Rare Goniatite (Goniatites) Fossil - Oklahoma

This is 1.8" wide Fossil goniatite (Goniatites) from the Caney Shale of Coal County, Oklahoma. The outer shell is worn away leaving the intricate pattern of the inner shell sutures.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

Goniatites possessed a shell divided internally into chambers filled with gas for buoyancy. An open chamber at the front of the shell provided living space for the animal. The general morphology and habit of goniatites was probably similar to that of their later relatives the ammonites: they swam freely and possessed heads with two well developed eyes and arms.

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DETAILS
SPECIES
Goniatites americanum
LOCATION
Coal County, Oklahoma
FORMATION
Caney Shale
SIZE
1.8" goniatite, 2.6 x 2.5" rock
CATEGORY
ITEM
#119440
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