Fossil Ammonites (NHMW-Geo 2009z0040/0000)3D Model
3D scan of a block with numerous different species of ammonites from the upper Triassic (ca. 235 mya). This piece comes from the red Hallstätter limestone (Pötschenstein, Austria). 400 million years ago, during the Devonian, Ammonites formed as a group of mollusks. They flourished in the Mesozoic Era, 250–66 million years ago. They are important index fossils which are typical of certain periods of earth’s history and were geographically widespread.
This block full of ammonites cannot be found in the showrooms from the NHM Vienna. But numerous other ammonite specimens can be found in Hall 8 of the museum.
Specimen: Ammonoidea indet
Inventory number: NHMW-Geo 2009z0040/0000
Collection: Natural History Museum Vienna, Geology & Paleontology Dept., Mesozoic Coll. (curator: Alexander Lukeneder)
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Scanned and edited by Nikola Brodtmann & Anna Haider (NHMW)
Scanner: Artec Space Spider. Infrastructure funded by the FFG.
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