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This #FossilFriday, behold the dazzling colors of an iridescent ammonite. Over millions of years, high temperatures & pressures turned its shell to a gemstone called ammolite. Along with amber & pearl, this gem is one of only a few made by living organisms.
@AMNH #globalmuseum #museums #ammonites

Geocollection.net Jun 3

Discoscaphites sp. South Dakota 🇺🇸 #ammonites #geocollectionstore #fossili #fossils #ammoniti

TKSST • seethis.tv 🌈🪐✨Jun 1

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: Paleontologist Peter Ward shows how fossil beds at Lyme Regis, #England record #cephalopods flourishing after the #Triassic extinction wiped out #fish. 🦑

Today, with overfishing removing #sharks and warming #oceans slowing currents, #octopus, #squid, and #cuttlefish are booming again – a 400% increase since the 1960s. 📈

👉 https://nautil.us/the-cephalopods-are-coming-1281395

#climate #climatechange #paleontology #fossils #ammonites #marinebiology #lymeregis #ocean #evolution #jurassic