Mantelliceras Ammonite Fossil – Genuine Specimen – Morocco, Cretaceous CERTIFICATED

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Name: Mantelliceras sp.

Species: Ammonite

Age: Cretaceous

Location: Morocco

Size (picture scale cube=1cm): 112 x 55 x 98mm (4.41 x 2.17 x 3.86 inches)

Ammonites are one of the most recognisable fossils around, this is due to their familiar spiral shape shell, reminiscent of what we know as a snail shell, though these creatures are not related to snails at all! They were marine animals, present between 240 – 65 million years ago, who had a coiled external shell similar to that of the modern nautilus, and although they resembled a modern day nautilus, these molluscs are more closely related to living coleoids (i.e. octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish!)

These creatures varied in size, ranging from only a few millimetres to some fossils being found measuring a whopping 8 feet (96 inches)!!

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