10" Plate Of Ammonite (Xipheroceras) Fossils - Dorset, England

This is a beautiful, 10 x 7" cluster of Xipheroceras drudrieseri ammonites from the Black Ven cliffs near Charmouth, England. Excellent preparation on this piece.

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.
FOR SALE
$1,195
DETAILS
SPECIES
Xipheroceras drudrieseri
LOCATION
Black Ven, Charmouth, Lyme Regis, Dorset, England
FORMATION
Lower Lias, Obtusum Zone
SIZE
Ammonite 2.5" wide. Rock 10 x 7"
ITEM
#242421
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