Superb Ammonite Fossil - Real Jurassic Prehistoric Dinosaur Perisphinctes 571g

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All our Fossils are 100% Genuine Specimens  Specimen: Superb Perisphinctes spp. Ammonite

Age: Lower Jurassic

Location: Madagascar

Size: 113mm x 88mm x 47mm

Weight:  571g / 1.26 lbs

THIS IS THE ACTUAL FOSSIL YOU WILL RECEIVE FREE HIGH QUALITY ACRYLIC FOSSIL STANDS INCLUDED

DESCRIPTION: This listing is for an absolutely lovely, and therefore quite rare, Perisphinctus fossil ammonite from Morocco, complete with a brand new, large Perspex stand. This specimen weighs 571g and would make a fantastic addition to any fossil / mineral collection or as a spectacular interior decoration or display piece. There is a yellow, 1cm square cube in some of the photographs to give an indication of the size of this wonderful specimen.

Perisphinctes is an extinct genus of ammonite cephalopod that lived in the lower Jurassic 163 million years ago.

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 like 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 huge 2.5m !