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

Earth once hosted more than 10,000 species of these ancient marine predators. Find out how they lived, when they vanished, and how much we know about them today. Based on the fossil record ...

Nine-year-old Eli spotted a 200-million-year-old fossil in a rocky cliff face A nine-year-old fossil hunter had the find of his life when he stumbled on a 200-million-year-old ammonite. Eli was ...

Ammonites are a group of extinct shelled cephalopods related to today's squids and octopuses. Most ammonites died out 66 million years ago, at the same time as dinosaurs. Fossilised ammonite shells ...

Ammonites were shelled cephalopods that died out about 66 million years ago. Fossils of them are found all around the world, sometimes in very large concentrations. The often tightly wound shells of ...

A story about a self-taught palaeontologist called Mary Anning has been transformed to the big screen as Ammonite, a depiction of a 19th-century love affair. Francis Lee, who wrote and directed ...

Scientists estimate more than 99 per cent of all species that have ever existed on Earth are now extinct. Only a handful of them have been preserved as fossils. Fossils are ancient organisms ...

Ammonite fossils, an example is shown here, are sea creatures that became extinct about 65 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in rocks of all ages. Fossils of the simplest organisms ...

Ammonite fossils, an example is shown here, are sea creatures that became extinct about 65 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in rocks of all ages. Fossils of the simplest organisms ...