Item Number
306
Type
image
Description
Ammonite
Size
36 X 14
Age
~ Mesozoic, Jurassic
Status
in inventory
Display/Storage
Display
Building
Zuhl Museum
Original Site
Mexico
Date Acquired
1995
Source
Ferrio
Gallery/Room\Floor
Wow Gallery
Notes
similar ammonite fossil #405 of the Zuhl Museum. Ammonites, related to the modern-day nautilus, are from a group of extinct marine mollusks in the subclass Ammonoidea. These predatory sea creatures maintained a diet of shrimp, starfish, and other small marine animals. In modern times ammonite fossils are used as index fossils because of their wide geographic distribution, well-defined period of existence in Earth’s history, and their ability to be easily identified at the species level. Index fossils are used to help determine the relative age of rock layers.
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Description
similar ammonite fossil #405 of the Zuhl Museum. Ammonites, related to the modern-day nautilus, are from a group of extinct marine mollusks in the subclass Ammonoidea. These predatory sea creatures maintained a diet of shrimp, starfish, and other small marine animals. In modern times ammonite fossils are used as index fossils because of their wide geographic distribution, well-defined period of existence in Earth’s history, and their ability to be easily identified at the species level. Index fossils are used to help determine the relative age of rock layers. 16x13
Keywords
Ammonite similar ammonite fossil #405 of the Zuhl Museum. Ammonites, related to the modern-day nautilus, are from a group of extinct marine mollusks in the subclass Ammonoidea. These predatory sea creatures maintained a diet of shrimp, starfish, and other small marine animals. In modern times ammonite fossils are used as index fossils because of their wide geographic distribution, well-defined period of existence in Earth’s history, and their ability to be easily identified at the species level. Index fossils are used to help determine the relative age of rock layers. 1995 ~ Mesozoic, Jurassic Fossil
Keywords
Ammonite similar ammonite fossil #405 of the Zuhl Museum. Ammonites, related to the modern-day nautilus, are from a group of extinct marine mollusks in the subclass Ammonoidea. These predatory sea creatures maintained a diet of shrimp, starfish, and other small marine animals. In modern times ammonite fossils are used as index fossils because of their wide geographic distribution, well-defined period of existence in Earth’s history, and their ability to be easily identified at the species level. Index fossils are used to help determine the relative age of rock layers. 1995 ~ Mesozoic, Jurassic Fossil