Fossils of extinct cephalopods
Extinct fossil cephalopods: Ammonites amaltheus, A. gibbosus and A. ziphus. Handcoloured lithograph by an unknown artist from Dr. Schmidt's "Petrefactenbuch," published in Stuttgart, Germany, 1855 by Verlag von Krais & Hoffmann. Dr. Schmidt's "Book of Petrification" introduced fossils and palaeontology to both the specialist and general reader.
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Keywords: .., 1855, amaltheus, ammonites, book, cephalopods, dinosaur, dr., extinct, fossil, germany, gibbosus, handcoloured, hoffmann, krais, lithograph, palaeontology, petrefactenbuch, petrefakten, petrification, published, schmidt, stuttgart, ziphus
