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Lot: 20 Lbs Polished Ammonite Fossils - 30 Pieces
This is a wholesale lot of 20 lbs of beautiful, polished ammonite fossils from Madagascar. These ammonites are Late Cretaceous in age or approximately 110 million years old.
The ammonites range from 3.4" to 5.5". They have been polished, some retaining some iridescent shell, with others showing some of the suture pattern that lies under the shell.
At $250 for the lot, that is just over $8 per ammonite and they can easily retail for more than 3x that on average.
The ammonites range from 3.4" to 5.5". They have been polished, some retaining some iridescent shell, with others showing some of the suture pattern that lies under the shell.
At $250 for the lot, that is just over $8 per ammonite and they can easily retail for more than 3x that on average.
About Ammonites
Ammonites were ancient marine cephalopods, similar to today's squids and octopuses, but with a defining feature: their distinctive, tightly coiled spiral shells. These shells, resembling those of modern nautiluses, served as both a protective home and a buoyancy aid, allowing ammonites to navigate the prehistoric seas with ease. First emerging around 240 million years ago in the Triassic Period, ammonites thrived for over 175 million years, adapting through numerous forms and sizes. As predatory creatures, they likely fed on smaller marine organisms, using their tentacles to capture prey. However, their long reign came to an end 65 million years ago at the close of the Cretaceous, coinciding with the mass extinction event that also eliminated the dinosaurs.
What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
Ammonites were ancient marine cephalopods, similar to today's squids and octopuses, but with a defining feature: their distinctive, tightly coiled spiral shells. These shells, resembling those of modern nautiluses, served as both a protective home and a buoyancy aid, allowing ammonites to navigate the prehistoric seas with ease. First emerging around 240 million years ago in the Triassic Period, ammonites thrived for over 175 million years, adapting through numerous forms and sizes. As predatory creatures, they likely fed on smaller marine organisms, using their tentacles to capture prey. However, their long reign came to an end 65 million years ago at the close of the Cretaceous, coinciding with the mass extinction event that also eliminated the dinosaurs.
What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
SPECIES
Mostly Cleoniceras
LOCATION
Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
SIZE
3.4" wide to 5.5" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#76998
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