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2.4" Fossil Ammonite (Dactylioceras) - England
This is a 2.4" fossil ammonite (Dactylioceras directus) from Whitby, England. It is very nicely prepared and shows excellent detail.
Comes with an acrylic stand.
Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resembled a squid with a shell. These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. They are more closely related to a living octopus, though the shells resemble that of a nautilus. Ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago and they barely survived several major extinction events. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.
Comes with an acrylic stand.
Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resembled a squid with a shell. These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. They are more closely related to a living octopus, though the shells resemble that of a nautilus. Ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago and they barely survived several major extinction events. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.
SPECIES
Dactylioceras commune
AGE
LOCATION
Yorkshire, England
SIZE
2.4" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#119396
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