FOSSIL AMMONITES. (AM)

What is an Ammonite?

KINGDOM Animalia PHYLUM Mollusca CLASS Cephalopoda ORDER Ammonoidea

The term ammonite refers to an extinct group of molluscs.
 These creatures, along with dinosaurs died out at the end of the Cretaceous Period, about 65 million years ago.
Their existence on earth lasted for about 330 million years.
 The hard shells which these organisms occupied are found as fossils in many places throughout the world.

Desmoceras
Cleoniceras
Perisphinctes
Douvilliceras
Cymatoceras
Beaudanticeras
South American Ammonites
Desmoceras.
Madagascar. (d)
Cleoniceras.
Madagascar. (c)
Perisphinctes.
Madagascar. (p)
Douvilliceras.
Madagascar. (do)
Cymatoceras.
Madagascar. (cy)
Other
Madagascar. (b)
South America. (br)


French Ammonites
Russian Ammonites
English Ammonites
German Ammonites
Moroccan Ammonites
Schoelenbachia
Australian Ammonites
France. (f)
Russia. (r)
England. (e)
Germany. (g)
Morocco. (m)
Schoelenbachia. (s)
Australia. (a)

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