Monster, 19.3" Jurassic Ammonite Fossil - Madagascar

Monster, Jurassic Ammonite Fossil - Madagascar #79451

This is a simply massive 19.3" wide ammonite fossil from Madagascar weighing in at an impressive 71 pounds. It is Late Jurassic in age and was collected near Sakaraha, Madagascar. Comes with a metal display stand.

Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resembled a squid with a shell. These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. They are more closely related to a living octopus, though the shells resemble that of a nautilus. Ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago and they barely survived several major extinction events. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.

Artists reconstruction of an ammonite. By Nobu Tamura

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