Spiny heteromorph ammonite on matrix - Fossilised animal - Crioceratites majoricensis
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Crioceratites majoricensis, a spiny heteromorph ammonite on matrix from the Early Cretaceous (Lower Hauterivian) of France, is restored with 100% reconstructed spines and measures 9 cm spine-to-spine on a 12.5 x 9.5 cm matrix.
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Rare and beautiful heteromorph ammonites, Spiny Crioceratites majoricensis from the Upper Hauterivian, Baleares zone.
This museum-quality Crioceratites specimen was discovered and prepared by a renowned fossil preparator and collector. Many painstaking hours of work were needed to expose the three-dimensional form of the fossil from the matrix.
Note that spines rarely fossilize, are incredibly difficult to prepare, and some likely wore off during the ammonite's lifetime.
In this specimen, spines have been reconstructed to show how it might have appeared in life when the specimen was prepared.
Restoration notes: 100% of the spines are reconstructed and glued into their original anatomical position.
Ammonite is 9 cm from spine to spine.
Matrix is 12.5 x 9.5 cm high.
It looks great from every angle and would be an amazing display in a home, office, or museum.
Seller's Story
Don & Donna Fossils finally moved to Spain.
We are a Don & Donna Fossils, a couple united by the love of exploration, field research, professional preparation and museum display of fossils from all over the world.
This formula, combined with a desire to improve, makes us a winning team dedicated to our Fossil World.
Larisa is been passionate about fossils since was a child. Her strengths are perfectionism, perseverance and creativity, hence her ability to work and prepare these fossils as authentic, unique and aesthetic as possible. The pieces with which she is famous and which she boast the most are spiny ammonites.
I, Don, started fossil hunting in 1987, going from a passionate collector to a professional preparator and researcher. In all these years I have traveled searching for fossils in many parts of the world.
Our fossils are present in private collections in the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, as well as in prestigious museums in the Uk, China and Japan.
Quality in the preparation of the material and seriousness in managing the shipment in the best possible way distinguish us.
Don & Donna
Rare and beautiful heteromorph ammonites, Spiny Crioceratites majoricensis from the Upper Hauterivian, Baleares zone.
This museum-quality Crioceratites specimen was discovered and prepared by a renowned fossil preparator and collector. Many painstaking hours of work were needed to expose the three-dimensional form of the fossil from the matrix.
Note that spines rarely fossilize, are incredibly difficult to prepare, and some likely wore off during the ammonite's lifetime.
In this specimen, spines have been reconstructed to show how it might have appeared in life when the specimen was prepared.
Restoration notes: 100% of the spines are reconstructed and glued into their original anatomical position.
Ammonite is 9 cm from spine to spine.
Matrix is 12.5 x 9.5 cm high.
It looks great from every angle and would be an amazing display in a home, office, or museum.
Seller's Story
Don & Donna Fossils finally moved to Spain.
We are a Don & Donna Fossils, a couple united by the love of exploration, field research, professional preparation and museum display of fossils from all over the world.
This formula, combined with a desire to improve, makes us a winning team dedicated to our Fossil World.
Larisa is been passionate about fossils since was a child. Her strengths are perfectionism, perseverance and creativity, hence her ability to work and prepare these fossils as authentic, unique and aesthetic as possible. The pieces with which she is famous and which she boast the most are spiny ammonites.
I, Don, started fossil hunting in 1987, going from a passionate collector to a professional preparator and researcher. In all these years I have traveled searching for fossils in many parts of the world.
Our fossils are present in private collections in the United States, Singapore, Taiwan, as well as in prestigious museums in the Uk, China and Japan.
Quality in the preparation of the material and seriousness in managing the shipment in the best possible way distinguish us.
Don & Donna
Details
Specimen
Spiny heteromorph ammonite on matrix
Scientific name
Crioceratites majoricensis
Country of Origin
France
Geological Period
Cretaceous, Lower (145 - 100.5 million years)
Condition
Restored
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