3.6" Asteroceras Ammonite Fossil - England

This is a 3.6" wide Asteroceras ammonite fossil from the Lyme Regis region of England. It 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.
What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Asteroceras
LOCATION
Charmouth, Dorset, England
FORMATION
Lower Lias, Obtusum Zone
SIZE
3.6" wide
ITEM
#40604
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