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DescriptionDesmoceras carolense (fossil ammonite) (Darwin Mbr., Bathurst Island Fm., u.E.Cret.; Pt. Charles, W of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia) (49075136796).jpg |
Desmoceras carolense - fossil ammonites from the Cretaceous of Australia. (larger speciment at left is ~8 millimeters across at its widest) Ammonites are common & conspicuous fossils in Mesozoic marine sedimentary rocks. Ammonites are an extinct group of cephalopods - they’re basically squids in coiled shells. The living chambered nautilus also has a squid-in-a-coiled-shell body plan, but ammonites are a different group. Ammonites get their name from the coiled shell shape being reminiscent of a ram’s horn. The ancient Egyptian god Amun (“Ammon” in Greek) was often depicted with a ram’s head & horns. Pliny’s Natural History, book 37, written in the 70s A.D., refers to these fossils as “Hammonis cornu” (the horn of Ammon), and mentions that people living in northeastern Africa perceived them as sacred. Pliny also indicates that ammonites were often pyritized. Classification: Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea, Ammonitida, Desmoceratidae Stratigraphy: Darwin Member, lower Bathurst Island Formation, Albian Stage, upper Lower Cretaceous Locality: Point Charles, due west of the town of Darwin, far-northern Northern Territory, Australia See info. at: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmoceras" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desmoceras</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonitida" rel="noreferrer nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonitida</a> |
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