6.2" Dactylioceras Ammonite Cluster - Isle of Skye, Scotland

This is a slab of rock containing many small Dactylioceras cf. vermis ammonite fossils, collected from Prince Charles Cave on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. They're Lower Jurassic (~180 million years old) in age and preserved beautifully. This specimen comes with an acrylic display stand. Ex-Mulroy Collection.

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.
What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Dactylioceras cf. vermis
LOCATION
Prince Charles Cave, Isle of Skye, Scotland
FORMATION
Lower Lias, Falciferum Zone
SIZE
6.2"x4.5" rock, 1.25" largest ammonite
CATEGORY
ITEM
#92586
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