Item Number
1962
Type
image
Description
Ammonite
Age
Mesozoic, Lower Jurassic
SciId
Arietites Bucklandi
Status
in inventory
Display/Storage
Storage
Building
Zuhl Museum
Original Site
Nancy, France
Date Acquired
2011
Source
Mauduit Dominique,France
Gallery/Room\Floor
Storage Room
Notes
This specimen originated from Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nancy, France and is approximately 170 million years old. 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
This specimen originated from Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nancy, France and is approximately 170 million years old. 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. 23 X 20
Keywords
Ammonite This specimen originated from Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nancy, France and is approximately 170 million years old. 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. 2011 Mesozoic, Lower Jurassic Fossil
Keywords
Ammonite This specimen originated from Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nancy, France and is approximately 170 million years old. 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. 2011 Mesozoic, Lower Jurassic Fossil