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5.0" Cretaceous Ammonite (Mammites) Fossil with Metal Stand - Morocco
This is a 5.0" wide, Late Cretaceous ammonite (Mammites sp.) collected near Goulmima, Morocco. These ammonites have rows of raised bumps or nodes around their outer surface.
This ammonite comes with the pictured custom metal display stand. When on the stand, this specimen is about 10.0" tall.
This ammonite comes with the pictured custom metal display stand. When on the stand, this specimen is about 10.0" tall.
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.
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.
SPECIES
Mammites sp.
LOCATION
Near Goulmima, Morocco
SIZE
Ammonite: 5.0" wide, 10.0" tall on stand
CATEGORY
SUB CATEGORY
ITEM
#274614
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