99-Million-Year-Old Ammonite Found in Burmese Amber

Sci-News ^ | May 14, 2019 | by Natali Anderson

[TheNext]

There is no DNA, only minerals. Molecules and atoms slowly leak out over millions of years. Nothing preserves for that long.

But it may be possible to have the DNA code preserved as mineral rock.

Actual DNA only preserves for 10,000s of years, not millions.

[Admin Moderator]

Again..

Quit abusing the news forum with chat material.

[Synthesist]

vannrox, thanks for posting this news.

It is absolutely amazing news. I follow science discoveries closely, and have never heard of marine animal remains captured in amber before.

The fact that the ammonite shell was preserved in amber IS fantastic news!

[Elsie]

No!

The AMISH; you BOOB!

[Elsie]

Birds grab them from all kinds of places; flys to nest in tree; sucks goodies out and drops shell.

[ek_hornbeck]

Actual DNA only preserves for 10,000s of years, not millions.

They've successfully extracted DNA from termites preserved in amber from about 30 million years ago, and from a magnolia leaf preserved in claystone from about 20 million years. Not nearly as old as the fossils in this article, but much older than your claim that DNA can only last for tens of thousands of years in rock.

[samtheman]

Looks young for his age.

[jaydubya2]

Love the Golden Ratio!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

The Amish were converted by Al Yankovick.
Oy ve, don’t you know the ordnung?

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks vannrox.

[Red Badger]

I thought David smote them.......................

[Red Badger]

Not all of them, they were still there during the reign of David............

[Red Badger]

The Cask of Ammonitenado?.................

[GreyFriar]

My initial thought was that is a pretty old body of a person from Vietnam to have been found. Why, once upon a time Vietnam was referred to as Ammon and its people were Ammonites.

[SunkenCiv]

Heh... I think that may be "Assam"?

[mass55th]

"Maybe the tree was swamped by rising sea levels due to global warming caused by our early ancestors that just discovered fire."

I think it was their roasting marshmallows to make S'mores is what caused the warming.

[mass55th]

"The fact that the ammonite shell was preserved in amber IS fantastic news!"

I agree. I don't believe there's ever been an actual ammonite shell discovered, only their fossilized remains.

[Pelham]

“The controversial discovery of 68-million-year-old soft tissue from the bones of a Tyrannosaurus rex finally has a physical explanation. According to new research, iron in the dinosaur’s body preserved the tissue before it could decay....”

https://www.livescience.com/41537-t-rex-soft-tissue.html

[SteveH]

if it is a screw, then they are mammonites, not ammonites. don’t confuse them...

[SunkenCiv]

Obviously he smote this one so hard it went back in time 98,997,000 years. :^)