Item Number
1971
Type
image
Description
Ammonite
Size
22 X 10
Age
Mesozoic, Cretaceous
Status
in inventory
Display/Storage
Display
Building
Zuhl Museum
Original Site
Madagascar
Date Acquired
2012
Source
Sahara Treasures
Gallery/Room\Floor
Wow Gallery
Notes
Weight: 54kg. This ammonite fossil is a great example of a heteromorph ammonite. Heteromorph ammonites have uncoiled shells. 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
Weight: 54kg. This ammonite fossil is a great example of a heteromorph ammonite. Heteromorph ammonites have uncoiled shells. 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. 22 X 20
Keywords
Ammonite Weight: 54kg. This ammonite fossil is a great example of a heteromorph ammonite. Heteromorph ammonites have uncoiled shells. 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. 2012 Mesozoic, Cretaceous Fossil
Keywords
Ammonite Weight: 54kg. This ammonite fossil is a great example of a heteromorph ammonite. Heteromorph ammonites have uncoiled shells. 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. 2012 Mesozoic, Cretaceous Fossil