Fossil Ammonite Cross Section with Calcite Crystals, Cleoniceras sp., Hoplitidae. Lake Tritriva Region, Madagascar, Africa.

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Fossil Ammonite Cross Section with Calcite Crystals, Cleoniceras sp., Hoplitidae, Hoplitaceae, Ammonitida, Ammonoidea, Cephalopoda. Middle Albian, Cretaceous Period, 80 million years old. From Lake Tritriva Region, Madagascar, Africa. Ammonites are an extinct group of marine invertebrate animals in the subclass Ammonoidea of the class closest living relations are the octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. Probably Cleoniceras cleon.

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Location: Madagascar
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License: Licensed
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