Description

Natural Ammonite Fossil Conch – Cretaceous – orig. Madagascar

Museum Quality Archeological Artifacts
Exceptional Sale (Private Collection)
Authentic Cretaceous Period

150-180 million years ago | Ammonite Fossil Conch | Natural (non-polished)

✓ Size: 152 mm x 132 x 52 mm
✓ Weight: 1,040 Kg (2.2 Lb) !

Origin Madagascar

The name ammonite, from which the scientific term is derived, was inspired by the shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled rams horns. Pliny the Elder (d.79 AD near Pompeii) called fossils of these animals ‘ammonis cornua’ (horns of Ammon) because the Egyptian god Ammon (Amun) was typically depicted wearing rams’ horns

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida

✓ Exceptional fossil
✓ Extremely well preserved collector’s item