4.1" Cretaceous Ammonite (Craspedodiscus) Fossil

Cretaceous Ammonite (Craspedodiscus) Fossil #243284

This is a very displayable specimen of Craspedodiscus discofalcatus from the Volga River region of Russia. It has been nicely prepared from the large block of solid limestone and displays aesthetically on a flat surface. Much of this specimen has undergone pyrite replacement. Comes with an acrylic-metal display stand.

There is a repaired crack through this ammonite.

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.

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