Showing posts with label ammonite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ammonite. Show all posts
Sunday, 9 August 2026

BEAUTY IN STONE: ANAHOPLITES PLANUS

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There are fossils that whisper and then there are those that positively sing. This interesting beauty is a splendid specimen of Anahoplites...
Tuesday, 28 July 2026

AMMONITES IN CONCRETION

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At first glance they look like ordinary stones—rounded, weathered, unassuming.  But then you notice the delicious hints: a spiral ghosting t...
Sunday, 26 July 2026

BEAUTIFUL PATHOLOGY: QUENSTEDTOCERAS

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What you are seeing here is a protuberance extruding from the venter of Quenstedtoceras cf. leachi (Sowerby). It is a pathology in the shel...
Friday, 3 July 2026

EPIC FOSSIL HUNTING: TYAUGHTON & CASTLE PEAK

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Some places stay with you long after you've left them. Tyaughton, north of Gold Bridge beneath the rugged skyline of Castle Peak, is one...
Tuesday, 2 June 2026

FERNIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA: FOSSIL AMMONITE AS LARGE AS A SMART CAR

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Titanites occidentalis , Fernie Ammonite The Fernie ammonite—long known as Titanites occidentalis —has officially been given a new name: Cor...
Sunday, 17 May 2026

OIL IN WATER BEAUTY: FOSSILS OF FOLKSTONE

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Sheer beauty — a beautiful Euhoplites ammonite from Folkstone, UK. I've been really enjoying looking at all oil-in-water colouring and ...
Sunday, 3 May 2026

PSEUDOTHURMANNIA: CRETACEOUS AMMONITE

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Meet Pseudothurmannia — one of those marvellous Cretaceous ammonites that looks as though nature spent extra time on the details.  This ext...
Saturday, 25 April 2026

BE STILL MY HEART: ANAHOPLITES PLANUS

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There are fossils that whisper and then there are those that positively sing. This interesting beauty is a splendid specimen of Anahoplites...
Tuesday, 14 April 2026

FOSSIL HUNTRESS PALEONTOLOGY PODCAST

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Step into deep time with The Fossil Huntress Podcast—a journey through the ancient heartbeat of our planet. Close your eyes and imagine the ...
Monday, 6 April 2026

SAKARA MADAGASGAR: OXFORDIAN OUTCROPS

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Lobolytoceras costellatum This big beastie is a superb specimen of the ammonite Lobolytoceras costellatum showing the intricate fractal pat...
Tuesday, 24 March 2026

A MASSIVE AMMONITE THE SIZE OF A CAR: THE FERNIE AMMONITE

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Titanites occidentalis , Fernie Ammonite The Fernie ammonite—long known as Titanites occidentalis —has officially been given a new name: Cor...
Thursday, 19 March 2026

SPIRALING BEAUTY: AMMONITES AS INDEX FOSSILS

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Argonauticeras besairei , Collection of José Juárez Ruiz. An exceptional example of fractal building of an ammonite septum, in this clyt...
Tuesday, 17 March 2026

BACK IN THE USSR: KEPPLERITES

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This glorious chocolate block contains the creamy grey ammonite Kepplerites gowerianus (Sowerby 1827) with a few invertebrate friends, incl...
Monday, 16 March 2026

OIL IN WATER BEAUTY: FOSSILS OF FOLKSTONE

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Sheer beauty — a beautiful Euhoplites ammonite from Folkstone, UK. I've been really enjoying looking at all oil-in-water colouring and ...
Friday, 13 March 2026

QUENSTEDTOCERAS WITH PATHOLOGY

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What you are seeing here is a protuberance extruding from the venter of Quenstedtoceras cf. leachi (Sowerby). It is a pathology in the shel...
Tuesday, 10 March 2026

BACK IN THE USSR: BEADANTICERAS OF THE NORTHERN CAUCASUS

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This lovely oil in water coloured ammonite is the beauty Beudanticeras sp. from the Lower Cretaceous (Upper Aptian), Krasnodar region, Nor...
Tuesday, 10 February 2026

FRACTAL BUILDING: AMMONITES

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Argonauticeras besairei , Collection of José Juárez Ruiz. An exceptional example of fractal building of an ammonite septum, in this clyt...
Sunday, 8 February 2026

LOOPS, LURCHES AND LATE CRETACEOUS SEAS: MEET AUDOULICERAS

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Audouliceras Heteromorph Ammonite There are sensible ammonites… and then there are the heteromorphs. Audouliceras belongs firmly in the sec...
Wednesday, 4 February 2026

COILED PERFECTION: LYTOCERAS

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A superbly prepped and extremely rare Lytoceras (Suess, 1865) ammonite found as a green ammonite nodule by Matt Cape in the Lower Lias of D...