A large and wondrous fossil specimen, seen in the booth for Chris Moore at the Arizona Mineral & Fossil Show in Tucson, Arizona. This capture was in available light inside a vendor booth at the Ramada Ltd. I've never seen such fossils and certainly never knew that the ammonites I have collected for years had their earliest ancestor in these. The ammonites evolved into squid and mollusks. The identification labels these as "Lower Lias, lower Jurassic".The slabs were found in Somerset, England in shale. The colors are natural and there is only a bit of varnish to protect the nacre which is iridescent and glows. For more about this specimen, see the link below for the psiloceras planorbis:
www.severnichthys.co.uk/fossil04.htm
Another link to a specimen:
www.fossilwalks.com/ammonites/pages/psilo.htm
t-squared, *omnia*, Mr. Greenjeans, kevin dooley, and 27 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Mr. Greenjeans 53 months ago | reply
Fossils are so intriguing! It's hard to imagine a world where such creatures were commonplace. Although, some of the deep sea animals that are being discovered today are pretty strange still!!
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kevin dooley 53 months ago | reply
those are way cool
harvestmoon 53 months ago | reply
Wowy!
Eni Turkeshi Imagery 53 months ago | reply
very nice textures
As seen in:
Your KARMA Group
Chandra Siri 53 months ago | reply
As seen in:
Your KARMA Group
khosey1 52 months ago | reply
Love this!
kerkkiatip@yahoo.com 49 months ago | reply
nature made
tha_vybe 48 months ago | reply
hi cobalt123, this is a real nice picture, would you mind if i saved it to use in a dinosaur exhibition in my office?
tha_vybe 48 months ago | reply
my email is melissa_arazak@petronas.com.my I really hope you wouldnt mind. Thanks.
symmerania 47 months ago | reply
hi cobalt123
i found this fossils on my country
they looks like to Ammonite,
That Darn Cat 46 months ago | reply
Gorgeous!
i n i m i n i 36 months ago | reply
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Nature Nerds, and we'd love to have this added to the group!
sn1985a 5 months ago | reply
Like this!