2.9" Iron Replaced Ammonite Fossil - Boulemane, Morocco

This is 2.9" wide fossil ammonite from Boulemane, Morocco. It has been prepped free from the rock that it was found in. During fossilization the shell of the ammonite was replaced by an iron compound, likely hematite.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Unidentified
LOCATION
Boulemane, Morocco
SIZE
2.9" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#164463
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