16" Tall Fossil Ammonite (Parkinsonia) Association - England

Tall Fossil Ammonite (Parkinsonia) Association - England #191732

This is an absolutely huge Parkinsonia sp. ammonite association from Dorset England. There are three well-preserved ammonites and a small bivalve prepared within the rock in which they were found. The largest ammonite measures 7" wide and has rather unique coloring.

There are a few repaired cracks in the rock that have been stabilized to maintain the specimen's integrity and longevity. The base has been cut flat for ease of display.

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.

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