Here is a quite large fossil squid of the species Plesioteuthis prisca frin the lithographic limestone of Eichstätt. The Body shows a fantastic preservation of the muscle fibbers, the head shows a for this species typical preservation. The tentacles are fairly visible. The fossil itself is about 260 mm mm long. | |||
Location: | Eichstätt, Solnhofen, Deutschland | ||
Size of stone: | about 320 x 135 mm | ||
Age: | Upper Jurasic , Malm zeta (about. 150 Mill. years) |