Ammonites are extinct sea creatures and part of the mollusc family ... They say: 'At 55cm in diameter and weighing 96kg it is a monstrous heteromorph, and an awesome example of just how massive ...

According to a study published recently in the Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, the ammonite’s death made it an extraordinary fossil — one of very few records of soft tissue in a creature that ...

Facebook/Wight Coast Fossils A fossilized sea creature shell weighing 211 ... awesome example of just how massive some of these heteromorph ammonites could grow!” It took more than two hours ...

or might have been washed into the body of the ammonite during preservation. Just because fossil remains of multiple creatures are found together doesn’t necessarily mean that they were ...

This involved the expulsion of water from a muscular tube-like funnel called the hyponome, which would have sent the shelled creature zipping away backwards. Muscles linked to the ammonite's soft ...

In this interview with American Museum of Natural History paleontologist Neil Landman, you’ll learn about the ammonites, incredible, ancient creatures who looked like a cross between squid and ...

Millions of years ago, a squidlike creature called an ammonite died with the remains of its last meal wedged between its teeth. Now, new high-tech images reveal that meal — a mini-snail and thre ...

Ninety-nine million years ago in what's now Myanmar, a glob of tree resin oozed onto a beach. Today, the resulting fossilized lump of amber is giving scientists an astonishing glimpse into life on ...

The crawling insects were probably next as it flowed down the trunk, and finally onto the beach, where it captured the shells and sea creatures. The ammonite shell as seen under a microscope (A ...

Jewelry makers have been showcasing the marine mollusk, and vintage sellers say they can’t keep them in stock.

Scientists studying ammonite fossils say they may have have found a clue to the prehistoric creatures' feeding habits. From X-rays images, the researchers were able to create a 3D reconstruction ...

She unearthed fantastic prehistoric creatures that had been lost to the ... A new movie starring Kate Winslet called “Ammonite,” which will be released on streaming services in the United ...