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Green ammonite
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Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Ataxioceratidae
Genus: Orthosphinctes
Species: Orthosphinctes desmoides
Author Citation Wegele, 1929
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Jurassic
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Kimmeridgian
Stratigraphy
Grafenburg Formation
Biostratigraphy
Platynota Zone
Desmoides Subzone
Provenance
Date Collected: 12/23/2018
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Location
Gräfenberg
Bavaria
Germany
Comments
A nice block of ammonites from the Gräfenberg quarry.
Although not very visible on the pictures, the ammonites are actually of a nice dark green, thanks to the glauconite present.
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