Description

Genuine Emileia polyschides Ammonite Fossil from Dorset, England

This genuine Emileia polyschides ammonite is an authentic British Jurassic fossil collected from the renowned locality of Milborne Wick, Dorset, England. Preserved within the Inferior Oolite Group and dating to the Middle Jurassic (Bajocian Stage, Sauzei Zone), this attractive specimen represents one of the classic ammonites associated with the warm tropical seas that covered southern Britain approximately 170 million years ago.

Your purchase includes the exact fossil shown in the photographs, ensuring that every collector receives the precise specimen they have selected. Every genuine fossil also includes our Certificate of Authenticity lifetime guarantee generic card, confirming that the specimen is an authentic natural fossil.

Please refer to the photographs for the exact size, preservation and condition of this unique specimen.

Geological Age and Formation

This fossil originates from the Inferior Oolite Group, one of Britain’s most celebrated Middle Jurassic rock successions. The Inferior Oolite is composed predominantly of shallow marine limestones, oolitic limestones and calcareous beds deposited during the Bajocian Stage of the Middle Jurassic Period.

The specimen comes specifically from the Sauzei Zone, a well-established ammonite biozone used by geologists to correlate rocks across Europe. Ammonites evolved rapidly throughout the Jurassic, allowing individual species and evolutionary lineages to provide exceptionally accurate dating of sedimentary rocks. The presence of Emileia polyschides makes this fossil an excellent representative of this important interval in Jurassic geological history.

Milborne Wick in Dorset is well known among collectors and researchers for producing beautifully preserved Jurassic marine fossils, particularly ammonites from the Inferior Oolite succession.

About Emileia polyschides

Emileia polyschides is an extinct marine cephalopod belonging to:

• Class: Cephalopoda
• Subclass: Ammonoidea
• Order: Ammonitida
• Superfamily: Stephanoceratoidea
• Family: Otoitidae
• Genus: Emileia
• Species: Emileia polyschides

Members of the genus Emileia are recognised for their robust shells, pronounced ribbing and elegant coiled form. Their shells display strong primary ribs that commonly divide into secondary ribs as they cross the flanks before continuing over the outer whorl. These distinctive features make the species readily recognisable and highly desirable to both collectors and students of Jurassic palaeontology.

Like all ammonites, Emileia possessed a chambered shell. The living animal occupied only the outer chamber while the internal chambers were filled with gas and liquid, allowing it to regulate buoyancy and move efficiently through the ancient seas.

Life in the Jurassic Seas

During the Bajocian Stage, Dorset lay beneath a warm, shallow tropical sea teeming with marine life. Coral communities, brachiopods, bivalves, crinoids, echinoids and numerous species of ammonites flourished within these carbonate-rich environments.

Emileia polyschides would have been an active predator or opportunistic hunter, feeding on smaller marine organisms including crustaceans, fish and other invertebrates. Its large eyes, jet propulsion and buoyant shell made it well adapted to life in the open water above the Jurassic seabed.

Following its death, the shell settled onto the sea floor where it became buried beneath accumulating carbonate sediments. Over millions of years these sediments lithified into the limestones of the Inferior Oolite Group, preserving the shell as the remarkable fossil seen today.

A Classic Dorset Collector’s Fossil

Dorset has long been recognised as one of the world’s most important regions for Jurassic fossils, and specimens from Milborne Wick remain highly regarded by collectors. Fossils from the Inferior Oolite represent an important chapter in Britain’s geological history and continue to be studied by both amateur enthusiasts and professional palaeontologists.

Whether displayed individually, added to a British Jurassic collection or used for educational purposes, this specimen provides an authentic connection to one of Earth’s most fascinating periods of evolution.

Authentic Fossil You Will Receive

Unlike stock photographs, the images show the actual fossil you will receive. Every specimen is individually selected for its quality and character, making each fossil completely unique.

Included with every purchase:

• Genuine Emileia polyschides ammonite fossil.
• Exact specimen shown in the photographs.
• Certificate of Authenticity lifetime guarantee generic card.
• Carefully packaged for safe delivery.
• Ideal for collectors, educational collections, geology enthusiasts and gifts.

This authentic British ammonite offers an excellent opportunity to own a beautifully preserved specimen from the Middle Jurassic seas of Dorset, representing approximately 170 million years of Earth’s remarkable geological history.