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Unearthing the Ammonite: Step 1

An impression of a large ammonite shell, at the edge of a rocky creek bed.

Photo credit: Graham Beard personal collection

Ammonites were so widespread and varied in their day that looking through the fossil record, you’ll find specimens of all sizes. Some were only a few centimetres across; our friend here, however, has a shell measuring a metre across!

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