7.5" Pyrite Replaced Fossil Ammonite (Dactylioceras) Cluster - England

This is a fantastic, 7.5" wide cluster of pyrite replaced Dactylioceras ammonites from the Scunthorpe, England. There about 18 ammonite fossils, ranging from .5 to 2.2" wide which have been painstakingly prepared from the hard limestone. They have undergone pyrite replacement which is evident by the golden color of many of them, as well as the weight of the piece.

This piece comes out of the collection of the late Jeff Mulroy, a renown collector and preparitor of Yorkshire fossils.

Comes with a 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
Dactylioceras sp.
LOCATION
Conesby Quarry, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, England
SIZE
Cluster 7.5 x 4.5 x 2.6", Largest ammonite 2.2"
ITEM
#176341
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