Ammonites are a tale of two textures. The prehistoric cephalopods were composed of fleshy soft tissue (the living bit of the animals) and hard external shells, which, according to a paper published ...

Ammonites were not in decline before their extinction, scientists have found. The marine mollusks with coiled shells, one of paleontology's great icons, flourished in Earth's oceans for more than 350 ...

Los Angeles, CA (June 27, 2024) —A new study published in the journal Nature Communications led by paleontologists at the University of Bristol along with a team of international researchers, ...

Jewelry makers have been showcasing the marine mollusk, and vintage sellers say they can’t keep them in stock. By Chantel Tattoli The swirly shell that held the voice of the Little Mermaid in Disney’s ...

Researchers have revealed the soft tissues of a 165-million-year-old ammonite fossil using 3D imaging. They found that the now-extinct molluscs sported hyponomes: tube-like syphons through which water ...

Robotic ammonites, evaluated in a university pool, allow researchers to explore questions about how shell shapes affected swimming ability. They found trade-offs between stability in the water and ...

Ammonites were not in decline before their extinction, scientists have found. The marine molluscs with coiled shells and one of palaeontology’s great icons flourished in Earth’s oceans for more than ...