Item Number
2159
Type
image
Description
Rainbow Ammonite
Age
Cretaceous, MAASTRICHTIAN Age +/- 71,000,000
SciId
Placenticeras costatum
Status
in inventory
Display/Storage
Display
Building
Zuhl Museum
Original Site
Canada
Date Acquired
2017
Gallery/Room\Floor
Wow Gallery
Notes
This specimen orginates from the Bearpaw Formation in Southern Alberta, Canada. Collected in Fall 2016 this specimen weighs 7.8 kg. From the Devonian Period to the end of the Cretaceous, ammonites generated tens of thousands of species that invaded nearly every salt-water habitat in the world. Ammonites species came so fast and furiously that the average species only lasted a million years or less. This quick turnover means that ammonites are near perfect paleo-clocks.
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Description
This specimen orginates from the Bearpaw Formation in Southern Alberta, Canada. Collected in Fall 2016 this specimen weighs 7.8 kg. From the Devonian Period to the end of the Cretaceous, ammonites generated tens of thousands of species that invaded nearly every salt-water habitat in the world. Ammonites species came so fast and furiously that the average species only lasted a million years or less. This quick turnover means that ammonites are near perfect paleo-clocks. 18.5
Keywords
Rainbow Ammonite This specimen orginates from the Bearpaw Formation in Southern Alberta, Canada. Collected in Fall 2016 this specimen weighs 7.8 kg. From the Devonian Period to the end of the Cretaceous, ammonites generated tens of thousands of species that invaded nearly every salt-water habitat in the world. Ammonites species came so fast and furiously that the average species only lasted a million years or less. This quick turnover means that ammonites are near perfect paleo-clocks. 2017 Cretaceous, MAASTRICHTIAN Age +/- 71, 000, 000 Fossil
Keywords
Rainbow Ammonite This specimen orginates from the Bearpaw Formation in Southern Alberta, Canada. Collected in Fall 2016 this specimen weighs 7.8 kg. From the Devonian Period to the end of the Cretaceous, ammonites generated tens of thousands of species that invaded nearly every salt-water habitat in the world. Ammonites species came so fast and furiously that the average species only lasted a million years or less. This quick turnover means that ammonites are near perfect paleo-clocks. 2017 Cretaceous, MAASTRICHTIAN Age +/- 71, 000, 000 Fossil