An oddly shaped fossil in Hokkaido turned out to be a new species of ammonite, spiral-shaped marine creatures from ancient times, researchers said. The newly identified ammonite, classified as a ...

Stage-level range data for 983 Jurassic and Cretaceous ammonite genera, distributed within 83 families, were analyzed by assigning absolute ages to stages or substages. We found ammonite genera to ...

WHO ate whom in the food chains of the past is rarely clear. Though it is obvious which species were predators and which prey, the subtle specialisations of feeding habit that allow many types of ...

A geology professor and his student at Rogers State University (RSU) made a remarkable discovery just before spring break. Dr. Chris Shelton and student Kolby Dooling unearthed a rare, well-preserved ...

ALL students of ammonites will welcome this, latest addition to Mr. Buckman's work. It contains nearly fifty excellently reproduced figures of as many different species, accompanied by the original as ...

Ammonites – the ancient relatives of squid and octopuses – left behind some of the most common and beautiful fossils. But look closely at their elegant, spiral shells and you might be able to spot a ...