5.7" Tall, Composite Ammonite Fossil Display - Madagascar

This is an aesthetic cluster of 110 million year old ammonite fossils from the Mahajanga Province of Madagascar. The entire piece measures 5.7" tall, 5.4" wide and the base of the stone is flat so that it displays nicely on a flat surface. It's a composite piece meaning the ammonite fossils are real but they have been mounted on the rock to create.

Ammonites were predatory mollusks that resembled squids with shells. These cephalopods had eyes, tentacles, and spiral shells. Though their shells resemble that of a nautilus, they are actually more closely related to living octopuses. Ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago, barely surviving several major extinction events. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.

Artist's reconstruction of an ammonite,  by Nobu Tamura
Artist's reconstruction of an ammonite, by Nobu Tamura

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SPECIES
Cleoniceras, Douvilleiceras & Others
LOCATION
Ambatolafia, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
SIZE
5.7" tall, 5.4" wide
ITEM
#175815
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