Eleganticeras elegans Ammonite

4.3"/11cm diameter
2.5"/6.5cm height/depth

Weight
988g

Description

Huge Eleganticeras Elegans Ammonite Impression; Pyritic Cannonball Nodule; Fully Pyritiferous Nodule. The Exterior [Cannonball] shows an exceptional Golden Sheen, hence the name Fools Gold, known as Iron Pyrite.

Exceptional impression detail displayed of the Ammonite Elegans Chambers, with excellent High lustre

Genus

Eleganticeras pseudo-elegans Buckman SS [Geno-Holotype] Ammonite sp.

Other Nomenclature

pseudo-elegans Buckman Ammonites, Holotype Ammonites, Elegans Ammonite, Hildoceras lusitanicum Ammonite, Jurassic Ammonite, Toarcian Ammonite, British Ammonites, Mesozoic Ammonite , British Fossils, Pyrite Nodules, Ammonite Nodule, Pyrite Ammonite, Iron Pyrite Fossils, Iron Pyrite Ammonites, Fossil Nodule, Fools Gold Ammonites, Fools Gold Fossils, pyritic cannonball, Ammonite cannonball, Fossil cannonball, Yorkshire Coast Fossils, Yorkshire Coast Ammonites, Whitby Ammonites, Whitby Fossils

Location

Upper Lias; exaratum zone, Whitby, Yorkshire, UK

Geological Age

Mesozoic Era, Lower [Early] Jurassic Period, Toarcian Epoch, Upper Lias, approximately 180 million years ago