This image shows a
Porpoceras ventricosum (Buckman , 1914)
ammonite fossil. It dates to the Jurassic Period (Toarcien) and was
found at Anduze (Gard) France. It was displayed at Muséum National D'Historie
Naturelle Jardin Des Plantes Paléontologie et Anatomie Comparée, Paris,
France. Image taken August 2009.
The species was named by British palaeontologist
Sydney Savory Buckman (1860-1929). It was originally named by English naturalist
James Sowerby (1757-1822) and it was called Ammonites "armatus" (Sowerby, 1815).