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Name:
Germanonautilus bidorsatus
Common name:
nautilid, cephalopod, ammonoid
Synonym:
Nautilus bidorsatus, (Schlotheim, 1820)
Germanonautilus saharonicus, (Parnes, 1986)
Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:
Tainoeratitidae → Germanonautilus → bidorsatus → Germanonautilus bidorsatus → Schlotheim, 1820
Location:
Hayn near Erfurt, Thuringia / Germany
Geological Age:
Triassic [tr], Upper Muschelkalk [mo2] / approx. 240 million years
Size of the fossil:
Length: 19,3 cm
Width: 6,5 cm
Height: 15,4 cm
Diameter: 20,6 cm
Weight:
Only rarely are reasonably usable stone cores of Germanonautilus bidorsatus offered. They are not particularly common in the Muschelkalk and are most likely to be found in the lower ceratite layers here in Thuringia.
