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To: Synthesist
"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.

37 posted on 05/20/2019 12:44:16 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne)
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To: 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.


Exactly! Since fossilization in stone normally replaces a creature’s organic remains with other minerals over time, they only show a shadow of the creature. Fossils in amber seem to not suffer from this process.


45 posted on 05/20/2019 1:48:11 PM PDT by Synthesist
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