Description
LIPAROCERAS CHELTIENSE Ammonite Fossil
This genuine fossil specimen is identified as Liparoceras cheltiense, an ammonite from the Lower Pliensbachian of the Jurassic. It is associated with Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom, and comes from the Alice Purnell Collection. The specimen is supplied with a Certificate of Authenticity lifetime guarantee generic card, making it a distinctive addition to a fossil collection, geological display or natural history cabinet.
Geological Context
The Pliensbachian is a stage of the Jurassic Period and belongs to the Early Jurassic. Ammonites are extinct marine cephalopods related in a broad biological sense to modern nautiluses, squids and cuttlefish. Their fossil shells are commonly valued for their scientific importance, historical interest and detailed record of ancient marine life.
As an ammonite, Liparoceras cheltiense represents a fossilised form of a chambered shell. During life, the animal occupied the outermost chamber while the inner chambers were used for buoyancy control. Over geological time, ammonite shells could become preserved within sediment and later collected as examples of Jurassic palaeontology. The supplied identification places this specimen within a specific ammonite name and a defined Jurassic interval, making it particularly relevant to collectors interested in biostratigraphy, ammonite diversity and Early Jurassic fossils.
Collector Interest
Liparoceras cheltiense offers an opportunity to own a named Jurassic ammonite fossil rather than an unidentified shell fragment. Its Lower Pliensbachian identification gives the specimen a clear geological context, while the Blockley, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom locality connects it with a recognised British collecting area. The piece is well suited to fossil collectors, students of geology, museum-style displays and anyone interested in the prehistoric marine environments represented by Jurassic ammonites.
The specimen forms part of the Alice Purnell Collection, adding collection history to its presentation. It can be displayed alongside other Jurassic fossils, ammonites and geological specimens as part of a themed arrangement covering extinct marine invertebrates or the fossil record of the United Kingdom.
Authenticity and Photographs
This Fossil is a genuine specimen and Includes a Certificate of Authenticity lifetime guarantee generic card.
The photograph shows the actual specimen you will receive.
Full sizing is shown in the photographs. Please use the images to appreciate the specimen’s presentation, scale and visible fossil details before purchase. The photographs are provided as a direct representation of the individual fossil offered in this listing.
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