Solving the fossil’s other mystery — how the ammonite came to be separated from its shell — was far more difficult. The soft parts were so intact that they appeared to still be coiled.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 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 ...