Any ideas on this one?

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Mosasaurfiend said:
Looks like the septa (inside of the ammonite wall).
That's exactly what these represent. The fluted surfaces are the evidence (an internal cast) of the walls (septa) of a large ammonoid shell. These walls separate chambers (camerae) in the shell. Each wall was laid down sequentially at the rear of the living chamber as the animal grew in size.
 

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