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Locality: 
Mistelgau, Bayreuth City, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Class: 
Fossil
Size Range: 
Miniature (4.5-7 cm)
Size: 
6.1 × 3.2 × 2.3 cm
Description

These are two shells called Inoceramus Dubius. The Inoceramidae are an extinct family of bivalves ("clams") in the Class Mollusca. This specimen is from the Lias Age. It lived from from Aalenian to Hettangian - from the Early Jurassic to the Middle Jurassic. So it is about 196.5 to 171.6 million years old.

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