Ammonite                               FOSSILS
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Ammonite is a common fossil. It is also sometimes called nautilus.

Its living relatives are the nautilus, squid and cuttlefish.

This fossil is sometimes called the Snake Stone in folklore.

AGE: Cretaceous - Devonian
65 - 370 Million Years


SPECIMEN ORIGIN: Sahara Desert, MOROCCO


 

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