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.
- Catalog Number:
- 55436
- Object/Specimen Description:
- Specimen Count:
- 1
- Locality:
- US High Plains and Rocky Mountains (ID, MT, ND, SD, WY, CO)
- Collecting Locality:
- North America, United States, Wyoming, Big Horn County
- Special Instructions:
- Ask a staff person for assistance
- Upper Level Taxonomy:
- Animalia, Mollusca, Cephalopoda, Ammonoidea, Ammonitida, Ancyloceratina, Scaphitidae, Scaphitinae