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Discipline:
Paleobiology  Search this
Region:
US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)  Search this
Object Type:
Education and Outreach collections
Collecting Locality:
North America, United States, Wyoming, Big Horn County
Description:
This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
Geologic Age:
Mesozoic - Cretaceous - Upper/Late
Notes:
This ammonite fossil is identified as Scaphites sp. and is from the Upper Cretaceous period. Ammonites are a group of extinct marine molluscs. This ammonite fossil is mostly gray in color, and the shell has some iridescence to it. It measures around 3 cm x 2.8 cm x 1.3 cm in size.
Number of objects in this record:
1
Record Last Modified:
20 Mar 2024
Topic:
Education & Outreach  Search this
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea, Ammonitida, Ancyloceratina, Scaphitidae, Scaphitinae
Scientific Name:
Scaphites
USNM Number:
EO55436
See more items in:
Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/34afa6692-b3f9-408d-90dc-cc53097171b6
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnheducation_10023051