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2.7" Fossil Ammonite (Dactylioceras) - England
This is a 2.7" fossil ammonite (Dactylioceras directus) from Whitby, England. It is nicely prepared and shows excellent detail. Some of the stone in which it was found remains on one side.
Comes with an acrylic stand.
Comes with an acrylic 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.
SPECIES
Dactylioceras commune
AGE
LOCATION
Whitby, England
SIZE
2.7" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#119395
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