Ammonite Fossil Half, Madagascar, Cretaceous

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Specimen: Ammonite Half

Location: Madagascar

Age: Cretaceous 

Scale cube=1cm: Full sizing please see photo

Ammonites are one of the most recognisable fossils around, this is due to their familiar spiral shape shell, reminiscent of what we know as a snail shell, though these creatures are not related to snails at all! They were marine animals, present between 240 - 65 million years ago, who had a coiled external shell like that of the modern nautilus, and although they resembled a modern-day nautilus, these molluscs are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e. octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish!)

These creatures varied in size, ranging from only a few millimetres to some fossils being found measuring a whopping 8 feet (96 inches)!!

This is a stunningly beautiful Ammonite half which has been polished to expose the amazing colourful chambers inside the fossil.

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