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Individual sculpted raised Orthocerida on a plate with other cephalopods populating the piece, which were buried during the same period.
These were Marine squid-like creatures, teeming in the shallow seas in this area of Morocco at that time.
The Orthocerida are found in a hard black limestone indicating a metalic element to the deposit, suggesting a location possibly near a hydrothermal region. The calcite shell, or phragmacone has been replaced by quartz during fossilisation.