Montlivaltia truncata (DEFRANCE, 1817)

Period: Late Kimmeridgian, Mergelstetten-Formation, Malm Epsilon, Late Jurassic
Find Spot: Nattheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size: 83 x 62 mm
Age: approx. 150mya

An excellent big Late Jurassic stone coral of the kind Montlivaltia truncata  (DEFRANCE, 1817). The fossil is silicized and was freed from the stone with the use of Hydrochloric acid. An old find of the 70ies. Fossils from this area have become very rare.