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Lot: 25 Lbs Beautiful Polished Ammonites - 18 Pieces
This is a wholesale lot of 25 lbs of beautiful, polished ammonite fossils from Madagascar. These ammonites are Late Cretaceous in age or approximately 110 million years old.
The ammonites range from 3.7" to 6.2" wide with most being around 5". They have been polished to reveal the beautiful, "oak leaf" suture pattern that lies under the shell of the animal.
At $450 for the lot, that is $25 per ammonite and they can easily retail for between 2-3x that wholesale price on average.
The ammonites range from 3.7" to 6.2" wide with most being around 5". They have been polished to reveal the beautiful, "oak leaf" suture pattern that lies under the shell of the animal.
At $450 for the lot, that is $25 per ammonite and they can easily retail for between 2-3x that wholesale price on average.
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
Mostly Cleoniceras
LOCATION
Mahajanga Province, Madagascar
SIZE
3.7" wide to 6.3" wide
CATEGORY
ITEM
#76996
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