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Worlds largest known ammonite
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Worlds largest known ammonite

"a woman standing next to a fossil"

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Anonymous Report This Comment
Date: April 04, 2008 12:26AM

She looks more Asian than Ammonite to me.....
Leonard Report This Comment
Date: May 03, 2008 02:28AM

Is not the largest, in Mexico there are amonites about 16 meters of diameter!!
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: May 03, 2008 02:40AM

i'm afraid that either you are mistaken or i am completely unaware of these. do you have a link?
fossil_digger Report This Comment
Date: May 03, 2008 03:31AM

o.k. i think i know how you were mistaken, the Estonioceras is not believed to be ancestral to the ammonoids but is thought to have developed a similar shape due to a similar lifestyle. these are true giants 40-60 feet long and rarely coiled.