Liparoceras rusticum
Phylum Mollusca; Class Cephalopoda; Subclass Ammonoidea; Order Ammonitida, Family Liparoceratidae
Geologic Time: Lower Jurassic, Pleinsbachian Stage (~195 million years ago)
Size: 130 mm diameter, 60 mm across living chamber
Fossil Site: Ibex Zone, Blockley Brickworks, Gloucesterhamshire, England
 Description:
A fine example of large ammonite known as Liparoceras which has much
of the original shell preserved, indicative of a non-acidic preservational
environment near Gloucesterhamshire, England. |
