Ammonite fossil - France
Mesozoic period -251 to -65 million years
Ammonite fossil from France
Ammonites are an extinct subclass of cephalopod mollusks, marine animals, like nautilus, octopus or argonauts today.
They were characterized by a more or less rolled univalve shell of which only the last compartment was occupied by the animal, the other compartments being used to control its buoyancy.
Their name comes from their spiral appearance: ammonis cornua, which means "horns of Ammon". The term was coined by Pliny the Elder in 79 A.D., because of the way the ammonite coil resembled the Egyptian god Ammon, often depicted with ram's horns.
Ammonites are still partly caught in the rock gangue, I like this rough side, taken out of excavations.
Age: Mesozoic period -251 to -65 million years
Provenance : France
Diameter of the ammonite, about 13cm - Weight: 1.2Kg
Fossilized Pleistocene horse bone from the North Sea
Shark tooth fossil: Otodus Obliquus 50 million years old
Model DF25
Ammonite fossil - France
Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago
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Priabonian (Eocene) time period, approximately 37.8 to 33.9 million years ago
Plant fossil: Pecopteris Fern - 300 million years old
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Ammonite fossil - France
Jurassic period, about 200 to 145 million years ago
Genre: Reineckeia
Ammonite fossil - Germany
Mesozoic period -251 to -65 million years
Shark tooth fossil: Otodus Obliquus 50 million years old
Model DF6
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Fossil of Ammonite "fern" from Madagascar
Shark tooth fossil: Otodus Obliquus 50 million years old
Sawn ammonite from Madagascar
100 million year old fossil
Ref: AM-T02
Mosasaur jaw fossil still in its gangue
65 Million Years
Fossil of Ammonite "fern" from Madagascar
Ammonite fossil - France
Mesozoic period -251 to -65 million years
