Scientists believed that ammonites, like modern cephalopods, had soft body tissue with tentacles attached to their heads for catching prey. Fossil evidence indicates they had sharp, beaklike jaws ...

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 ...

The process of opalization refers to something turning into an opal — like for example, a big part of this fossil. Opalized ammonite fossils are formed through a unique geological process ...

Soft tissues and organs don’t usually fossilise. So, while fossils of trilobite exoskeletons and ammonite shells are common, evidence of their soft parts aren’t. Fossils of these parts would allow ...

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 ...

A giant fossil ammonite has been recovered from a fallen boulder on a beach. The edge of the creature's shell was spotted in the block by fossil collector Jack Wonfor on the Isle of Wight's ...

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 ...

William Whiskerson: What's an ammonite? Cameron: A type of fossil. William Whiskerson ... And we find not the soft parts, but we find the hard bones from inside. And one of the nicest bits ...