Lot: 2-2 1/2" Cut Ammonite Pairs (Grade B/C) - 90 Pairs

This is a wholesale lot of cut and polished Cleoniceras ammonite fossils from the Mahajanga Province of Madagascar. They are Early Cretaceous (Albian Stage) in age, or approximately 110 million years old.

The lot includes 90 ammonites (both halves). Almost all range from 2 to 2 1/2" wide and the entire lot weighs about 11.5 lbs. They are grade B & C specimens meaning many of the chambers visible in the interior of the ammonite are not well defined or had been filled with mud prior to fossilization. The exterior of the ammonites are attractive many with some iridescence to the shell. You will receive the exact lot pictured.

At the wholesale price each ammonite (both halves) is less than $3 each and they can easily retail for several times that amount.

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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Mostly Cleoniceras
LOCATION
Ambatolafia, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
SIZE
90 Pairs, Most 2 to 2 1/2" Wide, 10.5 lbs
CATEGORY
ITEM
#81276
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