The process of opalization refers to something turning into an opal — like for example, a big part of this fossil. Opalized ...

The best ones are those which coil to the left. It also looks like the spiral shell of a conch. We don’t know what animal it was which was thus changed into stone.” An ammonite fossil collected from ...

is exceptionally rare and looks a bit like a knot. Nipponites mirabilis ammonites grew in an unusual knot shape, rather than in a typical spiral While ammonite shells are abundant in the fossil record ...

Elliott, seven, uncovered fossils in his garden dating back 140 million years, sparking his passion for palaeontology.

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 ...

Fukuoka became captivated by ammonites after he found an ammonite fossil with fossil enthusiasts in Hokkaido. In addition to well-known varieties with snail-like swirls, ammonites come in ...

It was clear he had discovered something extraordinary with this ammonite fossil.” The fossil, according to Shelton, shows signs of preservation that give it a pearl-like iridescence ...