#asteroceras

working on reference sheets for art fight! here are some bits from Wynstan's sheet that I got overexcited about and rendered too nicely

2.8" Jurassic Ammonite (Asteroceras) Fossil - Dorset, England

One of my very favourite ammonite fossils I have found at Lyme Regis is this large Asteroceras stellare that split open perfectly from its concretion to reveal both the positive and negative parts of the shell. The ammonites found in these particular rocks are usually very crushed and don't look good, but this one is near perfect. Around 196 million years old and related to living squid and octopuses.

aram vill azhdarchid/ammonite lad who’s doing his best fascinated by wristwatches and corporate corruption grandma was a balearic islands cave goat in a rain coat. convenient

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I think this is the genus of ammonite that people are most familiar with. They were around largely in the early Jurassic time period

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Asteroceras is an extinct genus of cephalopod belonging to the Ammonite subclass. Asteroceras fossils may be found at Lyme Regis in the Asteroceras obtusum zone of Upper Sinemurian age.