Lumbricaria
Item number: FOS32
Price: EUR 22.00
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 | 10,5x7,5x0,4 cm |
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Size | 45x45 mm |
Weight | 94 g. |
Locality | Solnhofen, Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Mittelfranken Co., Bavaria, Germany |