Presented in this lot is a Hand-Made 14" Orthoceras Fossil Stoneware Bowl crafted out of a solid block of what was once the bottom of a 450 million prehistoric ocean floor. It is filled with natural fossils on all sides including the bottom! Featured are fossils of orthoceras, a type of prehistoric squid that lived before any living creature walked the Earth! The color and fossils are completely natural and well-detailed. As these forms of prehistoric squid were covered in ocean sediments prior to fossilization, the majority of the creatures will be facing in the same relative position having been lined up by currents on the sea floor prior to being buried. Prehistoric 'straight' cephalopods include straight ammonoids called ORTHOCERAS. Cephalopod evolution began during the Late Cambrian Period. Cephalopod bodies were predominantly elongate with conical shells. Some of these creatures evolved into semi-coiled forms eventually giving rise to coiled cephalopods like ammonites and nautilus. This black, grey and white Orthoceras fossil stoneware bowl is in good condition, no obvious marring noted.