Large Cut & Polished Ammonite Pair | 21cm | Lower Cretaceous | Madagascar scientific Species: Dorcus taurus gyphaetus

Species: Dorcus taurus gyphaetus

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glossy black colouration with subtle markings

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Large Cut & Polished Ammonite Pair | 21cm | Lower Cretaceous | Madagascar scientific Species: Dorcus taurus gyphaetus115 Million Years of Natural Architecture Ammonites were cephalopod molluscs relatives of today's nautilus and squid that dominated the world's oceans for over 300 million years before their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. Named after the ram horned Egyptian god Ammon, whose coiled horns their shells resemble, ammonites ranged in size from a few millimetres to over two metres in diameter. This pair, sourced from Madagascar and dating