4.3" Jurassic Ammonite (Lytoceras) Fossil - Somerset, England

Jurassic Ammonite (Lytoceras) Fossil - Somerset, England #177064

This is a 4.3" wide ammonite fossil of the species Lytoceras cf. cornucopia that was collected from the Lower Jurassic age Falciferum Zone near the village of Seavington Saint Mary in Somerset, England. It has been exposed from the surrounding rock it was found in, with a small amount of rock left on one side. It comes with an acrylic display stand.

This is an Ex-Mulroy Collection specimen

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.