Ammonite Fossil Round Box

This Ammonite Fossil box is about 4 inches in diameter and 2.5 inches tall. The walls are approximately 1/4 inch thick with a fitted lid.

Ammonites are extinct mollusks related to the modern squid, octopus and Chambered Nautilus. These creatures died out at the close of the Cretaceous Period, about sixty-five million years ago. Their existence on earth lasted for about 330 million years Their hard shells are found as fossils in many places throughout the world.