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Listed by seller as Nodicoeloceras angelonii.

Forum members indicated the ID and time period was likely wrong. It is mine now and I would like to correct the ID.

Thank you.

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I'm not a specialist in this, but looks to be like that sold from Madagascar, known as "Pavlov Ammonite". Maybe is Perisphinctes sp.. I found something close to this, Perisphinctes (Prosososphinctes) virguloides (Waagen), from Middle Jurassic-Late Jurassic, but I don't know if it is a valid taxa or not. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perisphinctes_%28Prosososphinctes%29_virguloides_%28Waagen%29.jpg

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I would agree, looks like one of your common ammonites from Madagascar. Maybe Perisphinctes virguloides? Jurassic.

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One thing for certain is that it's not what it's purported to be. The ribs should split on the venter in a much more complicated fashion than this one, where there is just a simple bipartite splitting. But the thing that dismisses all authenticity is the fact that Nodicoeloceras is a member of the family of the Dactylioceratidae, which occur in the lower Toarcian, not, as given, in the Cretaceous. Parkinsonia occurs in the Bajocian and is an extremely common export from Madagascar.

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I agree, Roger! First of all we need better,close-up pictures,also from ventral view which is important in this case. My fist thought was Parkinsonia, and could be that also. :zzzzscratchchin:

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I agree, Roger! First of all we need better,close-up pictures,also from ventral view which is important in this case. My fist thought was Parkinsonia, and could be that also. :zzzzscratchchin:

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Yes,it helps! Thank you for the details. post-17588-0-31847100-1451954202_thumb.jpg

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Perisphinctes (Prosososphinctes) virguloides (Waagen).

" We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. "

Thomas Mann

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Yes. I have one similar.

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