This three-panel, 66-inch mosaic showcases Knightia and Priscacara fossils from the Eocene epoch. Another striking piece is ...

Based on the fossil record, ammonites came in a wide range of sizes and shapes, from smaller than an inch to as large as nine feet wide. Some ammonites had long, straight shells, while others had ...

A crystal radio is basically a high Q resonator tied to an antenna and an envelope detector. These days the envelope detector is a point contact diode such as a 1N34 Germanium diode. The resonant ...

Ammonites were shelled cephalopods that died out about 66 million years ago. Fossils of them are found all around the world, sometimes in very large concentrations. The often tightly wound shells of ...

Ammonites are a group of extinct shelled cephalopods related to today's squids and octopuses. Most ammonites died out 66 million years ago, at the same time as dinosaurs. Fossilised ammonite shells ...

Nine-year-old Eli spotted a 200-million-year-old fossil in a rocky cliff face A nine-year-old fossil hunter had the find of his life when he stumbled on a 200-million-year-old ammonite.

Crystal skulls are not uncommon or terribly mysterious. Thousands are produced every year in Brazil, China, and Germany. But there are a handful of these rather macabre objects that have fueled ...

A story about a self-taught palaeontologist called Mary Anning has been transformed to the big screen as Ammonite, a depiction of a 19th-century love affair. Francis Lee, who wrote and directed ...

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Here’s everything we know about Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan’s new film, Ammonite, including the first-look trailer. When Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan sign onto a project, it’s pretty ...

The challenge is matching the coprolite to the organism. Even tiny organisms can leave coprolites. Look at the ammonite under the microscope. What you are looking at is the sediment that filled one ...

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