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Description: | Specimen of a fossil ammonite, Stephanoceras eugenii, collected from the Oxford Clay of Late Jurassic, Oxfordian age from St. Ives, Cambridgeshire (SE England).
Stephanoceras eugenii is an ammonite from the Oxford Clay. The rusty orange colour of this fossil is caused by a high concentration of iron in the rock which it is found in. Ammonites lived in the sea, and were eaten by large marine reptile such as ichthyosaurs, that looked a bit like dolphins. Ammonites were alive at the same time as the dinosaurs, and became extinct at the same time, 65 million years ago.
The specimen was found in Cambridgeshire.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Cephalopoda Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Ammonoidea Mollusca | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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