Brilliantly Iridescent, 4.2" Baculites Section - South Dakota

This is a 4.2" long section of a large Baculites fossil from the Pierre Shale of South Dakota. It has a brilliant iridescence to it with shines with bright purple and green coloration.

Baculites ("walking stick rock") is an extinct cephalopod genus with a nearly straight shell. The matrix it is preserved in has been sculpted so that it stands up freely, making for a very aesthetic display. It's approximately 75 million years old, and comes from a time when a shallow sea covered much of South Dakota.

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SPECIES
Baculites sp.
LOCATION
South Dakota
FORMATION
Pierre Shale
SIZE
4.2" long
ITEM
#22803
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