06350 - Nicely Preserved Pyritized 0.79 Inch Phylloceras Lower Cretaceous Ammonites Other_Reptiles moroccensis and being a member

moroccensis and being a member of the Ornithocheiridae

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It does not preserve the teeth

showing a perfect example of this Botryoidal crystallization typical of iron oxide

06350 - Nicely Preserved Pyritized 0.79 Inch Phylloceras Lower Cretaceous Ammonites Other_Reptiles moroccensis and being a memberSpecimen 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.