4.4" Callovian Ammonite (Kosmoceras) Fossil in Rock - France

This is a fossil ammonite of the species Kosmoceras jason, collected from France. It is Callovian (Jurassic period) in age, or approximately 165 million years old. The majority of this ammonite has been exposed from the rock it was found in and comes with an acrylic display stand.

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.
What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Kosmoceras jason
LOCATION
France
SIZE
4.4" wide ammonite, entire specimen 6.2 x 4.4"
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#152753
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