16.2" Dactylioceras Ammonite Cluster - Germany

Dactylioceras Ammonite Cluster - Germany #92872

This is a large cluster of Dactylioceras ammonites quarried near Forcheim, Germany. It measures 16.2 x 13" and there are several dozen ammonites visible on this spectacular piece. Comes with a display stand. Don't miss out on this very aesthetic display.

Ammonites were predatory cephalopod mollusks that resembled squids with spiral shells. They are more closely related to living octopuses, though their shells resemble that of nautilus species. True ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago during the Triassic Period. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.

What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.

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