Montana Ammonite
Mesozoic
About Montana Ammonite
The Montana Ammonite is a cephalopod fossil dating to the Mesozoic. Ammonite is a realistic Montana fossil profile built around coiled marine shell with complex sutures from warm Cretaceous seas. In this state, success usually comes from learning dinosaur-bearing mudstones, glacial gravels, and marine shales, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
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Fossil collecting rules in Montana vary by land status and fossil type. Common invertebrate fossils may be collectible on some public lands, but vertebrate fossils, protected park units, tribal lands, and cultural sites require a much higher level of care and often a permit. This is especially relevant in Hell Creek dinosaurs, marine ammonites, and mammal gravels.
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Location: Custer Gallatin National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Location: Lolo National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Location: Flathead National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Location: Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
National Forest • Seasonal edible mushrooms, Common invertebrate fossils in float
Identification Tips
- ●planispiral coil
- ●suture patterns
- ●chambered shell
- ●Check dinosaur-bearing mudstones, glacial gravels, and marine shales
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Related Fossils
North Dakota Ammonite
Mesozoic
Ammonite is a realistic North Dakota fossil profile built around coiled marine shell with complex sutures from warm Cretaceous seas. In this state, success usually comes from learning chalk beds, badlands mudstones, and river gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
South Dakota Ammonite
Mesozoic
Ammonite is a realistic South Dakota fossil profile built around coiled marine shell with complex sutures from warm Cretaceous seas. In this state, success usually comes from learning chalk beds, badlands mudstones, and river gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
Nebraska Ammonite
Mesozoic
Ammonite is a realistic Nebraska fossil profile built around coiled marine shell with complex sutures from warm Cretaceous seas. In this state, success usually comes from learning chalk beds, badlands mudstones, and river gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
Kansas Ammonite
Mesozoic
Ammonite is a realistic Kansas fossil profile built around coiled marine shell with complex sutures from warm Cretaceous seas. In this state, success usually comes from learning chalk beds, badlands mudstones, and river gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
Oklahoma Ammonite
Mesozoic
Ammonite is a realistic Oklahoma fossil profile built around coiled marine shell with complex sutures from warm Cretaceous seas. In this state, success usually comes from learning chalk beds, badlands mudstones, and river gravels, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.
Idaho Ammonite
Mesozoic
Ammonite is a realistic Idaho fossil profile built around coiled marine shell with complex sutures from warm Cretaceous seas. In this state, success usually comes from learning dinosaur-bearing mudstones, glacial gravels, and marine shales, then timing runoff, reservoir drawdown, surf cuts, or road work that exposes fresh fossil-bearing rock instead of hunting blindly.