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The ammonite is an extinct marine animal with a spiral-form shell. Ammonites were shelled cephalopods that died out about 66 million years ago. A cephalopod is any member of the molluscan class 'Cephalopoda' such as a squid, octopus, cuttlefish, or nautilus
Petrified wood is a fossil. It forms when plant material is buried by sediment and protected from decay due to oxygen and organisms. Then, groundwater rich in dissolved solids flows through the sediment, replacing the original plant material with silica, calcite, pyrite, or another inorganic material such as opal. The result is a fossil of the original woody material that often exhibits preserved details of the bark, wood, and cellular structures.
Read more here
What is an ammonite? > https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/what-is-an-ammonite.html
What is petrified wood? https://geology.com/stories/13/petrified-wood/
date: 100-200 million years old.
maximum dimension: Ammonite: 85mm Petrified wood: 145mm length
subject area: Social Science, Science, Maths
subject themes: Fossils, Geology, Minerals
handling collection number: HC192
Why not also borrow these objects?
Collection of fossils > https://www.handsontauranga.co.nz/hot-items/science/collection-of-fossils-hc1461-10/
