1 3/4" Polished Perisphinctes Ammonite Fossils - Madagascar

These are Upper Jurassic (160 million year old) ammonite fossils of the genus Perisphinctes collected near Sakaraha, Madagascar. They have been lightly polished to a glossy finish. The photos are representative of the ones you will receive though they are not the exact ones. They are approximately 1 3/4" to 2" wide.

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.
What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
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DETAILS
FOSSIL TYPE
Polished Ammonite Fossils
SPECIES
Perisphinctes sp.
AGE
Late Jurassic (160 Million Years)
LOCATION
Near Sakaraha, Madagascar
SIZE
~1 3/4" to 2" wide
PRODUCT ID
P-872