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Huge (11.9" Wide) Mantelliceras Ammonite
This is a huge 11.9 inch in diameter ammonite of the genus Mantelliceras from Madagascar. This is not a type often seen for sale from this country. It is over 4.5 inches wide at it's thickest point, very solid and weighs nearly 22 pounds. It makes for a great display piece.
Mantelliceras a late Cretaceous ammonite characterized by a strongly ribbed, moderately involute shell with a moderately wide umbilicus, and rounded whorl section. It was collected in the Morondava Basin east of the town of Tulear.
Link to paper on these ammonites: https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/agp/article/view/10372/8883
Mantelliceras a late Cretaceous ammonite characterized by a strongly ribbed, moderately involute shell with a moderately wide umbilicus, and rounded whorl section. It was collected in the Morondava Basin east of the town of Tulear.
Link to paper on these ammonites: https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/agp/article/view/10372/8883
SPECIES
Mantelliceras dixoni
AGE
LOCATION
Morondava Basin, Madagascar
SIZE
11.9" wide, 22 pounds
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#8756
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