An Ammonite with attachments.

[Ludwigia]

I think I probably mentioned previously that I sometimes do some commission work for someone in England who gives me raw material, mostly from Dorset, in exchange for the work. I just finished prepping this beauty and thought I'd show it off here Fissilobiceras fissilobatum (15cm. in diameter) from the laeviuscula zone, early Bajocian with a few appendages: At the mouth aperture, the inside view of the shell of a small ammonite, and on the right at the top, a small ammo which I've yet to identify, below it what appears to be a bit of the mouth aperture of another ammonite and below that again, a Chlamys sp. bivalve. On the back is also the inside of part of the shell of yet another ammonite.

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

Beautiful work and specimen   

[Kane]

You've certainly done honour to your commission work on this piece. Well done! 

[ynot]

Nice job Roger!

[Innocentx]

Prepping is like a revelation. Nice work!

[Ludwigia]

1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said:

Beautiful work and specimen   

 

1 hour ago, Kane said:

You've certainly done honour to your commission work on this piece. Well done! 

 

1 hour ago, ynot said:

Nice job Roger!

 

1 hour ago, Innocentx said:

Prepping is like a revelation. Nice work!

Thanks guys

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

Lovely piece, beautifully prepped.

Are you going to return it? 

[Ludwigia]

7 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Lovely piece, beautifully prepped.

Are you going to return it? 

Thanks and Haha This is rather one of my rewards for sweat and tears.

[Ludwigia]

The small ammonite is a Sonninia, in all likelihood, S.propinquans.