3.3" Hammatoceras Ammonite From France

This is a 3.3" Hammatoceras ammonite collected from a quarry near Belmont, France. It's Lower Jurassic (Toarcian Stage) in age or approximately 180 million years old. It has been prepared so that it displays very aesthetically on a sculpted block of matrix. The shell of these ammonites has been darkened for aesthetic purposes so that it contrasts better with the rock.