49MM Cleoniceras Ammonite Fossil In Matrix Cretaceous Age Morocco

Location: Morocco Weight: 8.1 Ounces Dimension: 49MM - 1.9 Inches Long, 1.5 Inches Wide. 0.6 Inches Thick This is a real fossil. Cretaceous - Albian Period, 110 Million Years Old  The items pictured are the ones you will receive. Cleoniceras Ammonites Ammonites are perhaps the most widely known fossil, possessing the typically ribbed spiral-form shell as pictured above. These creatures lived in the seas between 240 - 65 million years ago, when they became extinct along with the dinosaurs. The name 'ammonite' (usually lower-case) originates from the Greek Ram-horned god called Ammon. Ammonites belong to a group of predators known as cephalopods, which includes their living relatives the octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and nautilus.