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Iridescent Desmoceras latidorsatum Ammonite Fossil
Here's a beautiful silver iridescent fossil from Madagascar. It is of the species Desmoceras latidorsatum which inhabited the shallow seas nearly 110 million years ago. Not only is it interested from a natural history perspective but it is very aesthetic also.
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
Desmoceras latidorsatum
LOCATION
Ambatolafia, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
FORMATION
N/A
SIZE
2.31"
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#415
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