Rare, giant ammonite with stand | Sakahara, Madagascar
Rare, giant ammonite with stand | Sakahara, Madagascar
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- Origin: Sakahara, near Toliara (Tulear), Madagascar
- Size: Diameter 70 cm
- Description: Lytoceras sp., (Suess, 1865), Jurassic (208–146 million years ago)
A nektonic carnivore; these cephalopods, despite their large size, were fast-moving. Rare in this extremely large size and also because of its natural color, this massive ammonite species with its exceptional diameter of 70 cm displays an impressive, original preserved golden-brown shell. The Lytoceras ammonite is a highly decorative interior design piece, ideal for a modern lifestyle as a natural sculpture, and the present specimen will make a stunning, unique architectural statement. Offered with a bespoke black metal stand.
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Ammonites were shelled cephalopods that went extinct around 66 million years ago. Fossils of them are found all over the world. All ammonites possessed a chambered shell which they used for buoyancy control.
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Their geometry and beauty have captivated the human imagination since at least the Mesolithic period (Middle Stone Age), inspiring many origin myths as well as notions of their magical and medicinal properties.
