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Monopfyllites sphaerophyllus Hauer
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- Natural Sciences›Geology
This representative of the cephalopods from the subclass Amonoidea, found in lime near Han-Bulog, lived about 245 million years ago (Middle Triassic, Anisian) in the deep sea which covered this area at the time. Amonoidea shells resemble the nautilus, a species which now inhabits the Indian Ocean, and they are most closely related to cuttlefish, octopuses, and squid. Amonoidea went extinct towards the end of the Cretaceous Period, 65 million years ago.
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This fossil is part of the collection Fossils of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is kept in storage in the Geology Section of the Natural Sciences Department, where it may be accessed by prior arrangement with department staff.
