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7.3" Tall Concretion with Ammonite (Eleganticeras) Fossils - England
Here is a 7.3" tall concretion that's filled with Eleganticeras elegantulum ammonite fossils from Whitby, England. These well preserved ammonites are Jurassic in age and are found in hard concretions that must be split open to reveal the fossils. Additional rock has been removed to expose the fossils and one edge has been cut flat for presentation purposes.
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.
SPECIES
Eleganticeras elegantulum
LOCATION
Sendsend, North Whitby, North Yorkshire, England
FORMATION
Falciferum Zone
SIZE
7.3 x 5" Concretion. Largest ammonite 1.05" wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#171254
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