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5.65" Polished Ammonite (Cleoniceras) Fossil - Madagascar
This is a beautiful, 5.65" wide, polished ammonite (Cleoniceras) fossil from Madagagascar. It displays a distinctive, "oak-leaf" suture pattern on the surface. These ammonites are collected near Ambatolafia in the Mahajanga Province of Madagascar.
Comes with a stand.
Comes with a stand.
Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resembled squids with shells. These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. Though their shells resemble that of a nautilus, they are actually more closely related to living octopuses. Ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago, barely surviving several major extinction events. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.
SPECIES
Cleoniceras
LOCATION
Ambatolafia, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
SIZE
5.65" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#127214
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