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  • Crussoliceras crusoliense


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    Ludwigia

    Taxonomy

    Ammonite

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Mollusca
    Class: Cephalopoda
    Order: Ammonitida
    Family: Ataxioceratidae
    Genus: Crussoliceras
    Species: Crussoliceras crusoliense
    Author Citation Fontannes 1876

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Early Kimmeridgian

    Stratigraphy

    Lacunosa-Mergel Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    divisum zone

    Provenance

    Collector: Roger Furze
    Date Collected: 05/11/2015
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Diameter: 15 cm

    Location

    Beuron
    Upper Danube Valley
    Baden-Wuerttemberg
    Germany

    Comments

    Calcite mold. Complete specimen. Only the apophyse is missing on this microconch. C. divisum is generally larger than C. crusoliense, which reaches an adult diameter of at the most 15 cm. The bipartite ribs crossing the venter continue mostly on until the end of the bodychamber and can become irregular, whereas by C. crusoliense they tend to merge towards the end and remain relatively constant.




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    sethd2725

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    What is the circular object under the shell's opening?  It looks kind of like an eye.

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    Fossildude19

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    51 minutes ago, sethd2725 said:

    What is the circular object under the shell's opening?  It looks kind of like an eye.

     

    A smaller ammonite. :) 

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    Glochiceras sp.

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