6.15" Triassic Ammonite (Ceratites Nodosus) In Concretion - Germany

This is a large, 6.15" wide specimen of a Middle Triassic ammonite (Ceratites nodosus). It comes from the the Muschelkalk Formation in Germany. It was found inside of a hard concretion and has been nicely prepared with mechanical tools.

Comes with a display stand.

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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DETAILS
SPECIES
Ceratites nodosus
LOCATION
Bad Neustadt, Saale, Bavaria, Germany
FORMATION
Muschelkalk Formation
SIZE
Ammonite 6.15" across, Concretion 7.9"
ITEM
#131913
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