A Thunderbolt Is A Fossil Arm Of A Marine Cephalopod 90+ Y/O Ad Trade Card

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A Thunderbolt Is A Fossil Arm Of A Marine Cephalopod 90+ Y/O Ad Trade Card
NOTE:
THESE ARE NOT POSTCARDS
THEY ARE TRADE/ADVERTISING CARDS.
THEY ARE MUCH SMALLER THAN A STANDARD POSTCARD
AND
THERE IS ADVERTISING TEXT ON THE BACK!
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 ” x 1 3/8 ”  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
THIS IS AN ORIGINAL 90+  YEAR OLD TRADE  ADVERTISING CARD
THE SUBJECT OF THIS CARD IS:
A THUNDERBOLT IS A FOSSIL ARM OF A MARINE CEPHALOPOD
The name “thunderbolt” or “thunderstone” has also been traditionally applied to the fossilised rostra of
belemnoids. The origin of these bullet-shaped stones was not understood, and thus a mythological
explanation of stones created where lightning struck has arisen.
Belemnoids are an extinct group of marine cephalopod, very similar in many ways to the modern squid
and closely related to the modern cuttlefish. Like them, the belemnoids possessed an ink sac, but, unlike
the squid, they possessed ten arms of roughly equal length, and no tentacles.The name “belemnoid”
comes from the Greek word
belemnon meaning “a dart or arrow” and the Greek word eidos meaning
“form”.
NOTE:
THE REVERSE SIDE HAS TEXT ABOUT THE IMAGE ON THE FRONT SIDE
THE CARD DIMENSIONS ARE APPROXIMATELY
2 5/8 ” x 1 3/8 ”  or  6.5 cm. x 3.5 cm.
NOTE:
THE IMAGE ABOVE IS LARGER THAN THE CARD
TO SHOW THE DETAIL.
SEE SCALED IMAGE ABOVE.
THIS CARD IS NOT A MODERN REPRODUCTION
THIS CARD IS 90+ YEARS OLD
IT IS NOT PERFECT AND THIS CARD MAY HAVE
SLIGHT PAPER LOSS
SMUDGING
ROUNDED CORNERS
SURFACE CREASE
SEE THE IMAGES ABOVE!
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