No Aprils fools trick today, just another brachiopod fossil from Germany. Today it's Plectospira longirostris from the Junkerberg Formation (Devonian, Eifelian stage) near Rommersheim, Germany.
Specimen #1
Brachial valve
Anterior (the shell is a little distorted with the central sulcus exaggerated a bit)
Pedicle valve
Posterior
Profile
Specimen #2
Brachial valve
Anterior
Pedicle valve
Posterior
This reminds me of some Spanish brachiopods from the Devonian that I posted about a while back: Anathyris ferronensis, Atriathryris campomanensis, Plicathyris collensis, and Pradoia colleti.
Thanks to Nils for sending me these fossils!
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