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Lot 8294¤

Large Ammonite Plate

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3 December 2006, 11:00 PST
Los Angeles

US$400 - US$600

Large Ammonite Plate

Dactylioceras athleticum
Lias, Early Jurassic
Schlaifhausen, Germany

An extraordinary ammonite plate tells the fascinating story of a Jurassic ammonite breeding ground. Like their distant cousins, the squid, adult ammonites gather in large numbers to breed, and die after laying their eggs. At least eight layers deep, the specimens appear to vary in size; actually, the smaller specimens are inner shells of larger ammonites whose outer shells have broken off. Measures19 x 12 x 5in

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