This Specimen has been sold.
2" Iridescent Fossil Ammonite (Phylloceras) - Madagascar
This is a 2" fossil ammonite (Phylloceras) from the Mahajanga Province of Madagascar. If you catch it in the right light or particularly if it is wet, the fossil shines with a brilliant iridescence.
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.
SPECIES
Phylloceras sp.
LOCATION
Ambatolafia, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
SIZE
2" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#162618
We guarantee the authenticity of all of our
specimens. Read more about our
Authenticity Guarantee.
specimens. Read more about our
Authenticity Guarantee.