1.8" Jurassic Ammonite (Hildoceras) Fossil

Jurassic Ammonite (Hildoceras) Fossil #117205

This is a 1.8" fossil ammonite (Hildoceras) from Lombardia, Italy. It is in good condition and shows the impression of the outer shell. A portion of the rock in which it was found is still attached near the opening.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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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