2.5" Fossil Ammonite (Dactylioceras) On Shale- Germany

Fossil Ammonite (Dactylioceras) On Shale- Germany #117221

This is a 2.5" ammonite (Dactylioceras) from the Posidonia Shale near Holzmaden, Germany. It is nicely prepared on the shale in which it was fossilized. The detail of this specimen is excellent and makes a striking display.

Comes with an acrylic display 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. True ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago. 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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