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Absolutely Stunning 5.2 Inch Ammonite (Half)
This is half of a cut and polished 110 million year old ammonite fossil from Madagascar. It is 5.2 inches wide and exhibits absolutely stunning crystal lined cavities. The reverse side of it has a beatiful, mother of perl colored shell. This fossil looks just like a work of art.
Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resembled squids with shells. These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. Though their shells resemble that of a nautilus, they are actually more closely related to living octopuses. Ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago, barely surviving several major extinction events. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.
SPECIES
Cleoniceras
LOCATION
Ambatolafia, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
FORMATION
N/A
SIZE
5.2"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#768
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