Ammonite Pair
Type - Dactylioceras Commune
Era - Lower Jurassic
Age - 181 million years
Location - Whitby, UK
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The Dactylioceras ammonite lived during the Early Jurassic period, around 180 to 175 million years ago, when the area now known as Whitby was covered by a warm, shallow sea.
 
When these sea creatures died, their shells sank to the seabed and were gradually buried by layers of mud. Over millions of years, this mud turned to shale, preserving the shells as fossils. You can often find them after rockfalls or storms which expose fresh layers of rock along the shoreline.
 
Learn more on our blog post here - Discovering Dactylioceras Ammonites