Goniatite carved shallow bowl
Type - Goniatite
Era - Devonian
Age - 400 million years
Location - Morocco
Please note product may differ slightly to the image. Colours of bowl vary between grey & black.
 
Goniatite fossils are among the most fascinating remnants of ancient marine life. These coiled, chambered shells belonged to an extinct group of ammonoids that thrived during the Palaeozoic Era, roughly between 400 and 250 million years ago.
 
They were especially abundant in the Devonian and Carboniferous seas, long before the rise of the dinosaurs. The intricate patterns on their shells, known as suture lines, are simpler than those of the later ammonites, giving goniatites a distinct, almost primitive beauty that sets them apart from their Mesozoic relatives.
 
Learn more about Goniatites on our blog here - From Sea Floor to Marble: Is a Goniatite an Ammonite?!