Snakestone Dactylioceras UK Ammonite in Concretion

Dactylioceras athleticum

Phylum Mollusca, Class Cephalopoda, Subclass Ammonoidea, Family Dactylioceratidae

Geological Time: Upper Lower Jurassic (Toarcian Stage)

Size: The ammonite is 3” in diameter. It resides comfortably in the concretion from which it was cracked open and discovered

Fossil Site: Whitby Formation, Yorkshire, UK

Fossil Code: PFA122

Price: Sold

Description: These well preserved ammonites have an interesting place in British folklore. Thought to be snakes with their heads torn off and thrown over the cliffs, locals when finding the concretions below at tide level would often, over the centuries, carve the heads back into the matrix. Known as “snakestones” they were considered as lucky charms.

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