By Chantel Tattoli The swirly shell that held the voice of the Little Mermaid in Disney’s 2023 live-action adaptation looked like the ancient marine mollusk called an ammonite. That’s because ...

Likewise, the coiled, fossilized shells of ammonites can be found in eastern ... author of the book ‘The Fractal Geometry of Nature.’” “He was one of the first mathematicians to say ...

Ammonites basking under the Late Cretaceous sun. New research challenges the previous understanding of ammonite extinction. These coiled-shell creatures, relatives of squid and octopus, were ...

Ammonites were not in decline before their extinction, scientists have found. The marine molluscs with coiled shells and one of palaeontology’s great icons flourished in Earth’s oceans for more than ...

Ammonites were not in decline before their extinction, scientists have found. The marine mollusks with coiled shells, one of paleontology's great icons, flourished in Earth's oceans for more than ...

Ammonite statuettes of a female and male from Khribat Hajjar in the collection of Jordan Archaeological Museum (Photo courtesy of ACOR) AMMAN — Amman and its surroundings were a main centre of the ...

Ammonites were flourishing shortly before their extinction. New research suggests that the iconic marine molluscs would probably have survived for longer had Earth not been struck by a meteorite 66 ...

A new study utilizing museum collections has revealed that ammonites, iconic spiral-shelled marine mollusks, were not in decline before their sudden extinction alongside non-avian dinosaurs 66 million ...

AMMAN — The Amman Citadel and its surrounding area was a focal point of Rabbath-Ammon, the ancient capital of the Ammonite Kingdom. Located northeast from the Dead Sea all the way to Syria, the ...

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 ...