Ammonite Fossil Crystal

The day light is not so well aligned with my work schedule lately. Moving indoors with artificial light for my blip today.

AMMONITES

AMMONITE-AN EXTINCT SUBCLASS OF THE CEPHALOPOD CLASS OF THE PHYLUM MOLLUSCA (Mollusks). Present-day cephalopods include the octopus, squid and nautilus, which is the closest in appearance to the ammonite. Ammonites ranged in time from approximately 400 million years(Devonian) until about 65 million years.(late Cretaceous). Their chambered shells are found today, while their soft bodies, which occupied the largest and outermost chambers, are gone. The septa, plates which divide the chambers, are highly visible in cut fossilized ammonite specimens.