Sunday, December 18, 2011

Turrilites Ammonite


The Turrilites sp. ammonite fossil displayed at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (July 2011). The creature swam the Western Interior seas of the Upper Cretaceous (Mesozoic Era).  Its Carnegie museum accession number is CM 7635.

Visit the Carnegie museum web site:  http://www.carnegiemnh.org/