Petrified Phalanx
Carved Fossiliferous Limestone Sculpture, Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Devonian-period limestone sculpture, approximately 370 million years old, carved and polished in the round, 13"H x 7"W x 3.5"D. Natural orthoceras and ammonite fossil inclusions revealed in the matrix, including eight distinct ammonite cross-sections on the carved base — an unusually high specimen density.