These are Beautiful Sliced and Polished Black Ammonites from the Middle Cretaceous of Madagascar! Each Ammonite measures between 1.5 and 1.25 Inches! They each come framed in a 4.3 by 4.3 inch floating frame with an info card that labels the fossil and details the age and location it was found and some fun facts about Ammonites!
You will receive one floating frame Ammonite (both halves) per order. You may pick whichever pictured Ammonite you want, please message me BEFORE you order to make sure the one you want is still available. if I don't here from you before shipping one will be picked at random.
Ammonites are cephalopods, like squid and octopi, except they had shells. Ammonites lived from 416 million years to 65 million years ago when they went extinct with the dinosaurs. Scientists have documented over 10,000 species of Ammonite! An Ammonite’s shell is made up of individual chambers separated by a thin wall. The patterns created by these walls, called sutures, were different between species! An Ammonite’s shell would grow with them and add more chambers. The actual animal lived in the large chamber at the opening of the shell. The other chambers would be filled with air or water to help the Ammonite swim, hunt, and escape from being hunted. Black Ammonites are super rare, making up only 1% of the Ammonites found in Madagascar! This piece was sliced down the middle and polished.
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Species: Cleoniceras cleon
Size: 1.5 to 1.25 Inches
Found: Madagascar
Age: 112 million years old
Alteration: Some polish