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Cornua Ammonis from a Coalpit

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Date

1797

Artist

James Bolton (1735-1799)

Collective Title

Drawings of Fossils found in Yorkshire and Lancashire, James Bolton, 1797

Collection

The Derby Collection

Acknowledgements

Digitised by TWW

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Courtesy of The Derby Collection

Location

Bradshaw, Bolton, England

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Fossils

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TWW Comment

"Ammonis" is a dubious genus of extinct ammonite known from fossils found near Pompeii in Ancient Rome. The only known species, "Ammonis cornua", was named by Pliny the Elder in A.D. 79.

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