Fossilised Gastropod: Discovering Ancient Sea Snails

Discovered in a loose shale slab and carefully split open on the beach with a geology hammer, this remarkable fossil reveals a beautifully preserved Dactylioceras tenuicostatum ammonite—an ancient marine cephalopod from the Jurassic period, around 185 million years old. The surrounding shale crumbles easily away from the harder nodule, exposing what can only be described as a natural treasure. Ammonites like this one would have looked spectacular in life—spiral-shelled, tentacled creatures glidi