2.8" Cut & Polished Ammonite Fossil (Anapuzosia?) - Madagascar

Cut & Polished Ammonite Fossil (Anapuzosia?) - Madagascar #146236

This is a 2.8" wide cut and polished ammonite fossil from Madagascar. It exhibits gorgeous mineralization within the chambers, each separated by white calcite septa (divisions). This highly polished, exotic ammonite makes a superb display piece with tremendous historical appeal.

This is a different species than most, possibly of the Anapuzosia genus. It is quite a bit thicker than the Cleoniceras ammmonites.

Comes with a pair of display stands.

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.

More about ammonites