Synastrea sp. (EDWARDS & HAIME, 1848)

Period: Late Kimmeridgian, Mergelstetten-Formation, Malm Epsilon, Late Jurassic
Find Spot: Nattheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size: 65 x 47 x 30 mm
Age: approx. 150mya

A rare late jurassic coral of the kind Synastrea sp. (EDWARDS & HAIME, 1848). The fossil was silicized and has been freed from the limestone using hydrochloric acid. Fossils of this famous find spot are rather rare.