Friday, December 16, 2011

Acanthoscaphites nodosus Ammonite



The Acanthoscaphites nodosus ammonite fossil displayed at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (July 2011). The creature swam the Western Interior seas of the Upper Cretaceous (Mesozoic Era).  Its Carnegie museum accession number is CM 40625.

Visit the Carnegie museum web site:  http://www.carnegiemnh.org/