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Ammonites Fossil Replicas & Life Reconstructions Invertebrates Ammonites Fossil Replicas & Life Reconstructions Order: Ammonoidea Family: Placenticeratidae Genus: Placenticeras Species: meeki Late Cretaceous - 73 MYBP Pierre Shale, South Dakota 28” (71cm) in diameter The arms and heads of these ammonites were sculpted on casts of the fossil shells. Since ammonites share more similarities with squid and octopuses than with the chambered nautilus, these reconstructions more closely resemble these swift extant relatives, the squid and octopus. The colors of the coiled Placenticeras’ head and arms match those of an attacking octopus. The jaws of the Placenticeras life reconstruction were molded and cast from the preserved jaws of a Placenticeras specimen. Studying the preserved beaks and radula of the ammonites teach us that they were capable of biting through the shell and bones of their prey. Ammonites were active predators within the water column, feeding on crustaceans, small fishes, and molluscs including other ammonites. Order: Ammonoidea Family: Baculitidae Genus: Baculites Species: grandis Late Cretaceous - 70 MYBP Pierre Shale, Wyoming 88” (2.25m) long Mosasaur Bitten Placenticeras meeki Cast Replica of Best Mosasaur Bitten Ammonite Yet Discovered 13.25” (33.5cm) in diameter This is a life reconstruction of the world’s largest recorded Late Cretaceous, 73.5 MYBP Baculite. Baculites lived during the last 30 million years of Pierre Shale, South Dakota the Cretaceous Period and were abundant in the Late Cretaceous Western Interior seaway. They were probably swift, active predators as well as food for larger cephalopods and marine vertebrates. Adults ranged from 3 inches in length to more than 6 feet in size. Life reconstructions sculpted by Neal L. Larson Painted by Barry Brown P.O. Box 643 / 117 Main Street / Hill City, SD 57745 USA Ph (605) 574-4289 Fax (605) 574-2518 Web www.bhigr.com © 1990-2007.
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