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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: Paleontologist Peter Ward shows how fossil beds at Lyme Regis, #England record #cephalopods flourishing after the #Triassic extinction wiped out #fish. πŸ¦‘

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

    πŸ‘‰ nautil.us/the-cephalopods-are-

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

  4. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: Paleontologist Peter Ward shows how fossil beds at Lyme Regis, #England record #cephalopods flourishing after the #Triassic extinction wiped out #fish. πŸ¦‘

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

    πŸ‘‰ nautil.us/the-cephalopods-are-

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

  5. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: Paleontologist Peter Ward shows how fossil beds at Lyme Regis, #England record #cephalopods flourishing after the #Triassic extinction wiped out #fish. πŸ¦‘

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

    πŸ‘‰ nautil.us/the-cephalopods-are-

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

  6. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: Paleontologist Peter Ward shows how fossil beds at Lyme Regis, #England record #cephalopods flourishing after the #Triassic extinction wiped out #fish. πŸ¦‘

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

    πŸ‘‰ nautil.us/the-cephalopods-are-

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

  7. πŸ’πŸ»β€β™€οΈ TIL: Paleontologist Peter Ward shows how fossil beds at Lyme Regis, #England record #cephalopods flourishing after the #Triassic extinction wiped out #fish. πŸ¦‘

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

    πŸ‘‰ nautil.us/the-cephalopods-are-

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

  8. #Ammonites survived #asteroid impact that killed off #dinosaurs phys.org/news/2026-01-ammonite

    #Ammonite survival across the #Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary confirmed by new data from Denmark nature.com/articles/s41598-025

    "If these findings are correct, they solve one mystery but leave us with another. Previous research has suggested that ammonite populations may have hung on for up to 68,000 years after the impact. So if the impact itself didn't deliver a fatal blow, what exactly finished them off?"

  9. Shaligrams, the #sacred #fossils, are becoming rarer because of climate change theconversation.com/shaligrams

    "For more than 2,000 years, #Hinduism, #Buddhism and the shamanic #Himalayan #religion of Bon have venerated #Shaligrams – ancient fossils of #ammonites, a class of #extinct sea creatures related to modern #squids... #ClimateChange, faster #GlacialMelting, and gravel mining in the #KaliGandaki are changing the course of the river, which means fewer Shaligrams are appearing each year."

  10. Shaligrams, the #sacred #fossils, are becoming rarer because of climate change theconversation.com/shaligrams

    "For more than 2,000 years, #Hinduism, #Buddhism and the shamanic #Himalayan #religion of Bon have venerated #Shaligrams – ancient fossils of #ammonites, a class of #extinct sea creatures related to modern #squids... #ClimateChange, faster #GlacialMelting, and gravel mining in the #KaliGandaki are changing the course of the river, which means fewer Shaligrams are appearing each year."

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    #fossili #conchiglie #paleontologia #collezione #collezioni #fossils #shells #collection #museum #ammoniti #ammonites #devoniano #devonian #book #paleontology

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  12. Happy St Keyne’s Day!

    There are various legends associated with dragons and serpents in Somerset. The legendary St Keyne is said to have turned snakes to stone in Keynsham. This was a way of explaining the ammonites found in the area and Keyne may have lent her name to the town.

    For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.

    #Keynsham #somerset #snakes #ammonites #history #bookstodon #histodon

  13. Happy St Keyne’s Day!

    There are various legends associated with dragons and serpents in Somerset. The legendary St Keyne is said to have turned snakes to stone in Keynsham. This was a way of explaining the ammonites found in the area and Keyne may have lent her name to the town.

    For more, check out Unsung Women in Somerset.

    #Keynsham #somerset #snakes #ammonites #history #bookstodon #histodon

  14. My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

    A photo taken during the installation of the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021), for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.

    #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Tylosaurus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Ammonites #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld

  15. My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

    A photo taken during the installation of the mosasaur half of my large Western Interior Seaway mural (2021), for Children's Museum of Indianapolis, USA.

    #Art #Painting #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #SciArt #SciComm #DigitalArt #Illustration #Dinosaurs #Birds #Reptiles #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Platecarpus #Tylosaurus #Mosasaur #Mosasaurus #Ammonites #JurassicPark #JurassicWorld