Fossil Hammatoceras Ammonite

JURASSIC PERIOD, CIRCA 183-176 MILLION YEARS B.P.

6 1/4 in. (750 grams, 16.1 cm).

Large Hammatoceras insigne specimen showing the characteristic discoidal form with strong ribbing. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From Toarcian Caluados, France.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020), Buckinghamshire, UK; his collection of antiquities and natural history was formed since 1948; thence by descent.

CONDITION

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LOT 2525