Fiann Smithwick Instagram – A couple of ammonites of the same genus and same location but preserved in very different colours! These particular ammonites, called Psiloceras, are super common in the earliest Jurassic rocks on the Somerset coast in the UK. They seem to have fared very well in the wake of a major mass extinction event at the end of the Triassic.
The multi-coloured iridescent ammonites from this location are pretty well known, but I love the pearlescent pale ones as well. I think they nicely show what the shell would have roughly looked like in life (i.e., not all the colours of the rainbow!).
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