Palaeontology and dinosaurs (science, public domain) Public domain
Evolution Poster
Ammonites · Print on 189 gsm matte paper, unframed
Griffin Protome · 625–575 BCE · Cleveland Museum of Art Museum record →
32.95 €
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Printed in the European Union, in the size you pick. No customs, no import charges. Delivery times measured against the printer on 19 August 2026.
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Printed on Enhanced Matte Paper Poster, 189 g/m².
The garment
- Model
- Enhanced Matte Paper Poster
- Composition
- Museum-grade matte paper, 10.3 mil thick and 94% opaque, made in Japan
- Weight
- 189 g/m²
- Printing
- Digital print. Supplied unframed
- Recommended care
- Frame without direct contact with the glass
Data from the Printful spec sheet (Enhanced Matte Paper Poster), read on 19 August 2026. The care advice is ours: the manufacturer does not publish the washing label.
Where it comes from: source, motifs and legal status
- Source
- Palaeontology and dinosaurs (science, public domain)
- Motifs
- T. rex skeleton · Victorian scientific plate · the amber with the mosquito · Mary Anning and the first fossils · the ammonite · lithograph by Hawkins (1854)
- Legal status
- Public domain. The design is ours; the material it starts from belongs to everyone
What this print is like
Matte paper of Japanese origin, 189 gsm and 94% opacity. Matte means it does not shine under a lamp and throws no reflection when you photograph it, and that 94% means nothing comes through: you see neither the back nor the wall behind. It is the only piece in the catalogue where the design goes on its own, with no seam, no pocket, no handle and no collar to cut it in half.
Read more about this poster
It comes unframed and in five sizes, from A4 at 21 × 29.7 cm up to 61 × 91 cm. The sizes are ordinary on purpose: you frame them with an off-the-shelf frame and there is nothing to order made to measure. Since it is not a garment, there is no colour to choose here: the paper is white and the only thing that changes between sizes is how much wall the drawing takes up.
If you frame it, keep the paper off the glass. A mount or a few spacer tabs leave an air gap, and that is what stops the ink from sticking to the glass after a few damp years. Rule of thumb for choosing a size: a print looks right from about one and a half times its diagonal, so the medium ones work for a hallway or above a desk and the big one needs a clear wall.
«Ammonites» is also on t-shirt, 23.95 € · mug, 26.95 € · premium t-shirt, 32.95 € · women's t-shirt, 33.95 € · sweatshirt, 54.95 € · hoodie, 61.95 €
The drawing on «Ammonites»
An ammonite shell coiled on itself: three turns of spiral, the radial ribs crossing it from the inside out, the umbilicus at the centre and the open mouth of the last chamber. A fossil drawn as a fossil, not as spiral decoration.
Where this drawing comes from
What is drawn is a fossil, not a pretty spiral: that is why the umbilicus at the centre and the open mouth of the last chamber are there, which is where the animal came out.
It is the design in the catalogue that gains most on a wall, because it is the only one you can measure by eye: at 61 × 91 cm you follow the three whorls with a finger and see that each one is two and a half times wider than the last. On a T-shirt that is a handsome ornament; at wall size it is the proof of why Bernoulli found it miraculous.
The spiral is not traced: it is calculated. It is the logarithmic spiral r = a·k^(θ/2π) with a growth ratio of 2.55 per turn, which is that of the genus Dactylioceras of the Lower Jurassic. Jacob Bernoulli called it «spira mirabilis» in 1692 for precisely that property, and D'Arcy Thompson gives it chapter XI of «On Growth and Form» (1917).
Sizes: measurements, where each one is made and what it costs
Measurements of the item in centimetres, as published by the factory itself.
| Size | Ancho | Alto | Made in | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.27″×11.69″ | 21 | 29,7 | the EU | 32.95 € |
| 12″×16″ | 30,5 | 40,6 | Spain | 42.95 € |
| 16″×20″ | 40,6 | 50,8 | Spain | 52.95 € |
| 24″×36″ | 61 | 91,4 | Spain | 82.95 € |
| 18″×24″ | 45,7 | 61 | Spain | 62.95 € |
The larger formats 12″×16″, 16″×20″, 24″×36″, 18″×24″ cost more because they cost the printer more: we would rather say so here and stock them than not have them.
«Made in» comes from the warehouse Printful declares for that exact size, not from an estimate of ours.
What you ask us before buying
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Appears in
- — Evolution Series
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