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1.4" Jurassic Ammonite (Pleuroceras) Fossil - Germany
This is a beautifully preserved Pleuroceras spinatum ammonite fossil, collected near Buttenheim, Germany. It's Jurassic (Pliensbachian Stage) or approximately 185 million years old. Both the ammonite and the negative half of the rock are included with this specimen.
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.
SPECIES
Pleuroceras spinatum
LOCATION
Buttenheim, Germany
SIZE
Ammonite: 1.4" wide
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#262638
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