![]() ![]() They are excellent index fossils, and it is often possible to. The largest species could be over a meter across! The ammonites became extinct 65 million years ago during the great extinction at the end of the Cretaceous Period. Ammonites are an group of marine animals of the subclass Ammonoidea in the class Cephalopoda. Some ammonites were just a few milimeters across. They were a wildly successful animal, plentiful and diverse. Ammonite Time Period & ExtinctionĪmmonites first show up in the fossil record during the Devonian Period. Ammonite SizeĪmmonites range in size: some as small as a centimeter have been discovered while others as large as 2 meters in diameter. Click on one of the sub-catagories listed below to find the ammonite for you. Their widespread presence and diversity of spiecies make ammonites useful in dating rock layers. Each variety and species reads like a travelogue of ancient oceans. The ammonites we have for sale have so many remarkable qualities. They're all so wonderful, you may have trouble choosing which to look at first. The large display ammonites from Morocco are impressive for their shear size and of course the price. The pyritized ammonites that come from eastern Europe and Russia look as if sculpted from silvery minerals aligned along the septa with crystal caverns in between. Some of our ammonite fossils for sale have been polished or split in half to reveal the inner chambers filled with an infinite variety of colors, designs and even crystal formations. The nautilus is their closest living relative. Children's Books on Fossils and Geologic TimeĪmmonites belong to the class of animals called cephalopods and form the sub-class Ammonoidea that appeared in the fossil record during the Devonian Era.Trilobites of the Wheeler Shale Formation.Petrified Wood Petrified Forest Arizona.Fossil Shark teeth-Squalicorax pristodontus.Fossil Crinoid Plate, Scyphocrinites elegans.Madagascar Ammonites Split Pairs 11 Plus CM.Madagascar Ammonites Split Pairs 8-10 CM.Madagascar Ammonites Split Pairs 6-7 CM.Madagascar Ammonites Split Pairs 4-5 CM.Madagascar Ammonites Split Pairs 3-4 CM. ![]()
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