4.2" Fossil Ammonites (Aegocrioceras) on Rock - Germany

This is a pair of unusual Aegocrioceras ammonites collected near Groß Resse, Germany. There are a few crack repairs and some minor gap fill restoration on the specimen. The center ammonite on what could be considered the front of the rock is 4.2" wide, with a 1.4" wide ammonite sitting adjacent to the center ammonite. The back side of the rock also features an ammonite that measures 3.7" wide.

The rock that these ammonites are on is 7" x 6.3".

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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SPECIES
Aegocrioceras sp.
LOCATION
Groß Resse, Germany
SIZE
4.2" & 1.4" wide (front) and 3.7" wide (back). 7 x 6.3" rock
ITEM
#77950
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