3.6" Fossil Ammonite (Artinskia) - Russia

Fossil Ammonite (Artinskia) - Russia #117190

This is a 3.6" fossil ammonite (Artinskia) from the Southern Ural Mountains, Russia. It is in good condition. Most of the outer shell is gone leaving the intricate pattern of the inner shell sutures. It is from an old collection and has a painted label.

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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