[ek_hornbeck]

The shells are all empty with no soft-tissue, so the organisms were long dead by the time they were engulfed by resin

That's a shame, it would be great if they could extract DNA from the ammonite as they've done for insects preserved in amber.

[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.

[Rebelbase]

“That’s a shame, it would be great if they could extract DNA from the ammonite as they’ve done for insects preserved in amber. “

The French would clone it for giant escargo.