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 ...

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

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 fossil may have lost water, or color, or the proteins of the soft tissue may have degraded. Unaltered hard parts: teeth and very recent shells ... Even tiny organisms can leave coprolites. Look at ...

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 ...

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 ...