Weight: 1.6 kg
Dimension: See scale bar (10 cm) on photo _01
Identification: Ceratites dorsoplanus (Philippi, 1901)
Locality: Quarry near Dettelbach, Franconia, northern Bavaria, Germany
Lithostratigraphy: Meißner Formation, Upper Muschelkalk
Biostratigraphy: Ceratites nodosus Zone, mo3
Age: Ladinian, Middle Triassic

Description
Picture _01: Nice specimen of Ceratites dorsoplanus (Philippi, 1901), a late morphotype with a narrow conch, phragmocon with large living chamber preserved
Picture _02: Reverse side representing the face that was lying upward
Picture _03: Detail showing incomplete infilling of chambers and characteristic ceratitic sutures
Picture _04: Detail showing incomplete infilling of chambers and characteristic ceratitic sutures
Picture _05: Detail showing characteristic ceratitic sutures and attached shells of the oyster Placunopsis ostracina
Picture _06: lateral view illistrating the narrow cross-section and epoekes of Placunopsis ostracina shells
Picture _07: lateral view illistrating the narrow cross-section and epoekes of Placunopsis ostracina shells

IMMEDIATE SHIPPING WITH TRACKING NUMBER