Iridescent Ammonite Fossils Mounted In Shale - 5.3"x3.1"

This is a spectacular display piece featuring three iridescent ammonite fossils from the Saratov Region of Russia. These ammonites are Middle Jurassic (Upper Callovian Stage) or approximately 161-164 million years old. There is are two 2" and 1.3" wide Quenstedticeras ammonites and one .8" wide Eboraciceras ammonite. All of which has been aesthetically mounted in a piece of shale along with an interesting pyrite formations. The ammonite fossils are entirely real and natural, they have just been mounted in the rock.

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
Quenstedticeras & Eboraciceras
LOCATION
Dubki Clay Quarry, Saratov, Russia
SIZE
5.3"x3.1", Largest ammonite is 2"
CATEGORY
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ITEM
#38226
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