I found an ammonite, a fossil of those spiral-shape cephalopods that to many symbolize paleontology itself. The fossilization ...

He captioned the video, “Here’s one of our Golden Nodules. The large nodule has an outer coating of Iron Pyrite. The ammonite inside is an Eleganticeras, around 185 Million Years Old ...

Pyrite formation requires an absence of oxygen (or the iron ... Even tiny organisms can leave coprolites. Look at the ammonite under the microscope. What you are looking at is the sediment that filled ...

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 ...

Ammonites make great index fossils due to their rapid evolution ... For example, when crystals of iron pyrite, which is also known as fool’s gold, form in fossils it can have a dramatic effect. Paul ...

Koichi Fukuoka’s career as a copperplate engraver took an unexpected turn after he encountered fossils of ammonites, a spiral-shelled creature that lived in the age of the dinosaurs. The artist ...