Opalized ammonite fossils are some of the most unique and spectacular paleontological specimens. They were formed through a ...

Based on its internal shell structure, the amber-encased ammonite is a juvenile that belongs to the subgenus Puzosia (Bhimaites), which makes a lot of sense in 99-million-year-old amber, Wang says ...

So far, we haven’t found any ammonite shells preserved in the stomachs of marine reptiles, but we do have ammonite shells with bite marks attributed to those reptiles, suggesting predation.

While ammonite shells are abundant in the fossil record, it was only recently that scientists have found a very rare fossil of the soft parts of an ammonite. However, fossilised evidence of ammonite ...

Scientists in Germany found the fish with the shell of an ammonite — an extinct group of marine mollusks — stuck inside it. This is the first time a fossilized fish has been discovered with an ...

Ammonite shells were composed of the same minerals as nacre, or mother of pearl. When an ammonite died and sank to the muddy seafloor, it sometimes became entombed in a rocky concretion.

This is the main structure of the ammonite shell and is called the phragmocone. 5. To create ribs, wrap the string around the dough and pull gently to leave an indent. If you pull the string more ...

When David Peterman, an evolutionary biomechanist, was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utah from 2020 to 2022, he wanted to study how the structures of different ammonite shells ...

Ammonite shell, Thomas explained, “isn’t going to break easily. It’s solid aragonite, and it’s in a shape where you can’t really snap it easily.

Pictured are some of the more unusual finds found in the hoard, including a small ammonite shell, a bronze arrowhead and a rock crystal. The hoard is thought to date to around 1500 B.C. Thurgau ...

The long-necked creature likely measured about 39 feet and had heavy, sharp teeth that were "ideal for crushing" ammonite shells, according to paleontologists.