Lumbricaria
Item number: FOS31
Price: EUR 15.00
Worm-like coprolite. Lumbricaria was formally believed to be fossilized worm. Lumbricus = earthworm. Later on new opinion said that fossil might be a coprolite excreted by various fishes. a there was the view that it could be fish excrement. Nowadays, the prevailing opinion is that these fossilized excrements were left for us by cuttlefishes.
Format | 10,5x7,5x1 cm |
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Size | 140 mm |
Weight | 210 g. |
Locality | Solnhofen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Mittelfranken Co., Bavaria, Germany |