Species: Prolyelliceras (2x)
Age - Cretaceous
Mined Location - Ancash, Huaraz Province, Peru
Size: 1.9 & 1.2 cm
This black, Peruvian Ammonite Fossil is a rare find due to being well preserved intact form, and unusual place of origin (Peru). As such, it is quite a collectible specimen.
This Ammonite Fossil also would make a striking decorator display piece, or could become a component for a craft or art project.
Ammonites are a cephalopod fossil of the species, Prolyelliceras.
Formed during the Cretaceous Period 145.5 to 65.5 million years ago, last portion of the "Age of Dinosaurs," Ammonites and other molluscs were hunted by great "marine reptiles." Ammonites first appeared 400 million years ago, becoming extinct in the Cretaceous period.
Ammonite was in the cephalopod class, related to modern day nautilus, octopus, and squid. Spiral ammonite shells have chambers separated by walls, and a tube connecting the organism’s body with the chambers controlled buoyancy in the ocean.
The living organism occupied the last chamber. Ammonites are important “index fossils” facilitating the dating of their rock layer to a specific geological period.
The spiral shape resembling coiled rams’ horn, associated with the Egyptian God Ammon, inspired the name “ammonite.”
Ammonite finds are widespread, found on every continent, but rarely are as remarkable as this specimen.
The best ammonite specimens, like this one, have clear chamber patterns (strong ribbing) and show identifiable suture patterns on the outer surface.
The area (department) of Ancash, in Huaraz Province in central Peru, where this Ammonite was found, starts on a slightly hilly coastal strip of land and ascends to the highest snow-capped Andes Mountains, notably Mount Huascaran, the tallest peak in Peru. Huascaran National Park, on UNESCO’s World Natural Heritage List, safeguards wildlife species like condors, vicuñas, deer, pumas, Andean foxes, and viscachas.
One can only imagine that the lower reaches of today’s Andes Mountains were submerged by sea rise in the Cretaceous Period.
As Ammonite sea creatures died their shells become fossilized in current day landlocked areas.
The back side of this fascinating Ammonite Prolyelliceras Fossil shows traces of other, smaller Ammonites from the same fossil bed.
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