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

2 x Pereute telthusa

ready for your collection or artistic application

They're also known for raiding beehives to feed on honey

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

Box dimensions: 18 × 17 cm

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