Maybe these antediluvian creatures were having a good old natter about the ammonite down the road and then WHAM they got fossilised? |
The presence of an ammonite is generally disclosed by a bit of iridescent shell material visible on the edge of the concretion. |
The rich Hettangian ammonite fauna first collected and recognized by Muller has been monographed by Guex. |
In North America only Mexico has a detailed ammonite stratigraphic zonation developed for much of the Kimmeridgian. |
These structures improve the resistance of the ammonite septum to pressure upon its main surface in both adapical and adoral directions. |
The in situ position of many of these jaws is of considerable interest and suggests that post-mortem disturbance of the ammonite was not great. |