06107 - Stunning Pyritized 0.92 Inch Phylloceras Lower Cretaceous Ammonites Pyritized ammonites Sister taxa: Ammotrophinae

Sister taxa: Ammotrophinae

we can observe a fly (Diptera sp - Dolichopodidae)

a few miles south-east of Ouzina

The bones have some fractures that have been glued and restored by the filling method

The pathological deformations in this species and in this place are very rare

06107 - Stunning Pyritized 0.92 Inch Phylloceras Lower Cretaceous Ammonites Pyritized ammonites Sister taxa: AmmotrophinaeSpecimen of extreme quality. His suture lines are wonderfully well detailed. It is naturally pyritized. It has undergone a taphonomic process of permineralization in Iron Sulfide (Pyrite). Permineralization is a process of fossilization in which mineral deposits form internal casts of organisms.