7.7" Polished, Agatized Ammonite Fossil - Madagascar

This is a beautiful, 7.7" wide, polished ammonite fossil from the Mahajanga Province of Madagascar. It's Early Cretaceous (Albian Stage) in age, or approximately 110 million years old and of the genus Cleoniceras.

The shell has been polished away on the upper part of the specimen to reveal the beautiful suture pattern that lies underneath.

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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SPECIES
Cleoniceras
LOCATION
Ambatolafia, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
SIZE
7.7" wide, up to 1.5" thick
ITEM
#77006
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