1.3" Iridescent Ammonite (Aconeceras) Fossil

This is a beautiful, 1.3" wide Aconeceras trautscholdi ammonite fossil from the Lower Cretaceous deposits of Saratov, Russia. It has been nicely exposed from the rock it was found in, revealing the stunning iridescent shell. One side of the rock has been cut flat for a natural aesthetic presentation.

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.
What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Aconeceras trautscholdi
LOCATION
Saratov, Russia
SIZE
Ammonite: 1.3" wide, Rock: 2.25 x 1.6"
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#243275
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