Overview
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| Lot ID | 0001-2559854 | ||||
| Part of Sale | No Reserve Jurassic Fossil Graveyard | ||||
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Description
180 MILLION YEAR OLD CYMBITES AMMONITE FOSSIL GRAVEYARD (LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD)
- This finely-preserved unique ammonite graveyard fossil, dated to the Lower Jurassic Period, includes a large cluster of ammonite specimens on an irregular matrix.
- These particular ammonites are believed to be Cymbites.
- Cymbites is a smooth subspherical dwarf ammonite from the lower Jurassic with a deep narrow umbilicus and contracted body chamber, included in the Cymbitidae, a family within the Psiloceratoidea.
- Pieces such as this are rarely found outside of museums.
- Ammonites are extinct spiral shelled cephalopods.
- Ammonites are excellent index fossils, and linking the rock layer in which a particular species or genus is found to specific geologic time periods is often possible.
- Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals, although some helically spiralled and nonspiraled forms (known as heteromorphs) have been found.
- The name ``ammonite``, from which the scientific term is derived, was inspired by the spiral shape of their fossilized shells, which somewhat resemble tightly coiled rams` horns.
- Pliny the Elder (d. 79 AD near Pompeii) called fossils of these animals ammonise cornua (``horns of Ammon``) because the Egyptian god Ammon (Amun) was typically depicted wearing rams` horns.
- Dated to circa. 180 Million Years Before Present (Lower Jurassic Period) (Toarcian Stage).
- The Toarcian is, in the ICS` geologic timescale, an age and stage in the Early or Lower Jurassic.
- The Toarcian Age began with the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event, a major anoxic event associated with marine extinctions and increased global temperatures that sets its fossil faunas apart from the previous Pliensbachian age.
- It is believed to have ended with a global cooling event known as the Comptum Cooling Event.
- Size: 180mm x 140mm x 35mm
- Approx. Weight: 915g
Provenance:
- Discovered in Whitby, Yorkshire, England.
- Held in a private collection in Lincolnshire, UK.
- Condition: This piece is extremely well preserved and remains in excellent condition - refer images.
- Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity (Internationally recognised BidSafe authentication and verification number: 4998304-16)
- Inspected and verified by an archaeologist and prominent historical author with a PhD in archaeology. (SN:4998304-16) (310995-1)
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180 MILLION YEAR OLD CYMBITES AMMONITE FOSSIL (LOWER JURASSIC PERIOD)
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