JURASSIC AMMONITES - 185 million years old - Germany
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185 million years old
Buttenheim, Germany
The Lower Jurassic clays exposed in clay pits at Buttenheim, near Nuremburg have produced some spectacular ammonites, many of them clustered together on one specimen.
In this example two ammonites are present on one nodule.
This ammonites are of the genus Pleuroceras.
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Size: 7 x 4 x 3 centimetres
Weight: 92 grams