Large Cut & Polished Ammonite Pair | 19 × 15.5cm | Lower Cretaceous | Madagascar biological Family: DYNASTINAE (Rhinoceros Beetles)

Family: DYNASTINAE (Rhinoceros Beetles)

while its species name viridana (Latin: green) reflects its natural colouration that provides excellent camouflage among rainforest foliage

Educators teaching about insect morphology and sexual dimorphism

this complete skeleton beautifully displays the serpentine skeletal architecture

Large Cut & Polished Ammonite Pair | 19 × 15.5cm | Lower Cretaceous | Madagascar biological Family: DYNASTINAE (Rhinoceros Beetles)115 Million Years of Natural Architecture Ammonites were cephalopod molluscs relatives of today's nautilus and squid that dominated the world's oceans for over 300 million years before their extinction at the end of the Cretaceous period. Named after the ram horned Egyptian god Ammon, whose coiled horns their shells resemble, they ranged in size from a few millimetres to over two metres in diameter. This matched pair, sourced from Madagascar and