18.6" Wide Dactylioceras Ammonite Cluster - Germany

This is a very large, free-standing cluster of Dactylioceras ammonites quarried near Forcheim, Germany. It stands 12.3 inches tall and is 18.6 inches wide. There is several dozen ammonites visible on this spectacular piece with the largest being about 3.4 inches wide. Don't miss out on this very aesthetic display.

Ammonites were predatory cephalopod mollusks that resembled squids with spiral shells. They are more closely related to living octopuses, though their shells resemble that of nautilus species. True ammonites appeared in the fossil record about 240 million years ago during the Triassic Period. The last lineages disappeared 65 million years ago at the end of the Cretaceous.

What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
What an ammonite would have looked like while alive.
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SPECIES
Dactylioceras athleticum
LOCATION
Forcheim, Germany
SIZE
18.6" Wide, 12.3" Tall, 4" Deep
ITEM
#63330
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