Hildoceras lusitanicum Meister
A complete Ammonite showing distortion after death and burial. The whorls now have an oval rather than rounded spiral. The Ammonite is also 'kinked' along the central axis. Unusual.
Jurassic, Upper Toarcian, 'Junction Beds'.
Hurcott near Ilminster, Somerset.
Ammonite : 8 cm diam.