Description
Fossil of an ammonite mounted on a base.
Fossil from the Cretaceous Period of 64 million of years ago.
Provenance: Agadir, Morocco.
Measures of the fossil without a base: 17cm
It is a unique piece for the decoration.
The ammonites are a subclass of cephalopod mollusks, which existed in the seas from the Devonian Period (about 400 million years ago) until the end of the Cretaceous Period (65.5 million years ago) where became extinct. The ammonites are excellent fossils guides for dating rocks.