10.15" Jurassic Ammonite (Coroniceras) Fossil - Germany

Jurassic Ammonite (Coroniceras) Fossil - Germany #279121

This is a large, 10.15" wide Coroniceras aff. hyatti from Balingen, Germany. One side of it has been nicely prepared from the hard limestone while the reverse side is incomplete and in a rough/natural state. A portion of rock has been left attached along one edge.

The specimen is accompanied by an acrylic-metal display stand to assist with 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.

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