2.5" Fossil Ammonite (Dactylioceras) On Shale- Germany

Fossil Ammonite (Dactylioceras) On Shale- Germany #117221

This is a 2.5" ammonite (Dactylioceras) from the Posidonia Shale near Holzmaden, Germany. It is nicely prepared on the shale in which it was fossilized. The detail of this specimen is excellent and makes a striking display.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

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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