Fossils of extinct mollusks

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Fossils of extinct mollusks: Plagiostoma striatum, Pecten lavigatus, Turitella scalata, Terebratala vulgaris, Myacites elongatus, Avicula socialis, Myophora Goldfussi, Phyncholites hirundo. 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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