Large Cut & Polished Ammonite Pair | 21cm | Lower Cretaceous | Madagascar HETEROPTERYGIDAE 2 x Pereute telthusa

2 x Pereute telthusa

with broad blackish-brown suffusion across the wings that creates a dramatic and immediately eye-catching appearance

making them ideal for entomology collections

Ammonites were cephalopod molluscs — relatives of today's nautilus and squid — that dominated the world's oceans for over 300 million years before their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period

Condition: Display-ready — intact antennae

Large Cut & Polished Ammonite Pair | 21cm | Lower Cretaceous | Madagascar HETEROPTERYGIDAE 2 x Pereute telthusa115 Million Years of Natural Architecture Ammonites were cephalopod molluscs relatives of today's nautilus and squid that dominated the world's oceans for over 300 million years before their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. Named after the ram horned Egyptian god Ammon, whose coiled horns their shells resemble, ammonites ranged in size from a few millimetres to over two metres in diameter. This pair, sourced from Madagascar and dating