20" Eye-Catching, Cut & Polished Ammonite Fossil Round End Table

Eye-Catching, Cut & Polished Ammonite Fossil Round End Table #280277

This is a unique, eye-catching coffee table made from real, cut & polished ammonite fossils. The 110 million year old ammonite fossils have been cut in half to reveal their inner chambers and mounted in epoxy to create the solid tabletop. The calcite replaced ammonite fossils are quite striking with their varying color combinations.

The table top itself measures 20" in diameter and weighs just over 18 1/2 lbs.

About Ammonites

Ammonites were ancient marine cephalopods, similar to today's squids and octopuses, but with a defining feature: their distinctive, tightly coiled spiral shells. These shells, resembling those of modern nautiluses, served as both a protective home and a buoyancy aid, allowing ammonites to navigate the prehistoric seas with ease. First emerging around 240 million years ago in the Triassic Period, ammonites thrived for over 175 million years, adapting through numerous forms and sizes. As predatory creatures, they likely fed on smaller marine organisms, using their tentacles to capture prey. However, their long reign came to an end 65 million years ago at the close of the Cretaceous, coinciding with the mass extinction event that also eliminated the dinosaurs.

What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.