20" Plate Of Pyritized Ammonite Fossils - Posidonia Shale, Germany

This is a 20.6 x 17.4" section of shale covered in pyrite replaced ammonite fossils from the Posidonia Shale of Germany. The largest ammonite is a 8.8" wide Harpoceras which is surrounded by over a dozen, smaller Dactylioceras ammonites.

The shale has been rectangularly cut and coated in a sealant to preserve the fossils. We can either provide a display stand with this piece or add a backing and wall hanger upon request.

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
Harpoceras & Dactylioceras
LOCATION
Holzmaden, Germany
FORMATION
Posidonia Shale
SIZE
Plate 20.6 x 17.4", Largest Ammonite 8.8"
ITEM
#192188
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