Dactylioceras commune (specimen 16)

Specimen Name: Dactylioceras commune
Specimen Code: 09CEPH00016
Acquisition Method: Purchased (date unknown)

Locale: Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Formation: Unknown
Geologic Time Period: Jurassic Period

Taxonomy:
Eukarya – Animalia – Mollusca – Cephalopoda – Ammonoidea – Ammonitida – Eoderoceratoidea – Dactylioceratidae – Dactylioceratinae – Dactylioceras – Commune

Description of Specimen:
A small, black ammonite with a pyrite sheen and some matrix still attached on the back.

Measurements of Specimen:
44mm x 40mm x 14mm

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