Ammonite

Linked to Paleontology of the Coastal Plain Province

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Ammonites, now extinct, were a type of cephalopod found in the Coastal Plain during the Late Cretaceous. This specimen of Placenticeras benningi measures 10 centimeters in diameter and was found at the Eutaw Formation in Chattahoochee County.

Photograph by David R. Schwimmer

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