JURASSIC AMMONITE - 180 million years old - Ilminster, Somerset

JURASSIC AMMONITE

Hildoceras

180 million years old

Ilminster, Somerset

An lovely example of an ammonite from the Middle Lias 'Junction Bed' near Ilminster. This is one of the best we've had from this area.

The Lias rocks of the Ilminster area are unusual in that they take the form of a highly condensed sequence with several ammonite zones reduced to only a few metres in thickness and sometimes packed with ammonites.
  
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