3.1" Fossil Ammonite (Acanthopleuroceras) - France

Fossil Ammonite (Acanthopleuroceras) - France #119402

This is a 3.1" fossil ammonite (Acanthopleuroceras) from near Fresnay-les-Puceux, France. It is in good condition shown nice detail of the outer shell. This specimen is uniquely prepared in that it can be removed from the stone in which it was found. This allows for viewing all sides and the negative impression left in the rock.

Comes with an acrylic 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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