2.7" Jurassic Ammonite (Kepplerites) Fossil - Gloucestershire, England

Jurassic Ammonite (Kepplerites) Fossil - Gloucestershire, England #243475

This is a beautiful, 2.7" wide ammonite fossil of the species Kepplerites gowerianus. It was collected from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian Stage) Konegi Subzone of the Kellaways Formation in Gloucestershire, England. It has been beautifully prepped free from the rock it was found in.

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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