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7.65" Jurassic Ammonite (Parkinsonia) Fossil - England
This is a large, 7.65" wide Parkinsonia parkinsoni ammonite from Dorset, England. It is Jurassic in age and has excellent shell preservation on one side of the specimen, with only minimal damage from extraction and preparation. Overall a very cool display piece.
Comes with a metal display stand.
Comes with a metal display stand.
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.
SPECIES
Parkinsonia parkinsoni
LOCATION
Freshwater, Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England
FORMATION
Upper Inferior Oolite
SIZE
7.65" Wide
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#211757
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