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Mammites nodosoites (Schlueter 1871)
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By Ludwigia (edited)
Taxonomy
Ammonite
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Order: Ammonitida
Family: Acanthoceratidae
Genus: Mammites
Species: Mammites nodosoites
Author Citation Schlueter 1871
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Mesozoic
Period: Cretaceous
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Late
International Age: Early Turonian
Stratigraphy
Unknown
Biostratigraphy
nodosoides zone
Provenance
Date Collected: 03/22/2014
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Diameter: 16 cm
Location
Asfla
Goulmima
El Rachidia
Morocco
Comments
I found this specimen in a crate full of unprepared ammontes under the table of a Morrocan vendor at a fossil show in Filderstadt-Leinfelden. It was covered "from head to toe" with oysters, but I cold see upon inspection that they would be removeable. In the end I decided to keep them attached to one side. The calcite internal mold reveals the sutures excellently as well as the septal wall in the third photo. The fact that this is just the phragmocone shows how large this ammonite could have been.
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