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Have you started looking around for a bigger house? O** lol

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Is it a shell?


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Flutterby wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2020 4:35 pm Is it a shell?
Yes.
Ammonites were prehistoric Cephalopods (octopus & squid) that lived in a shell, similar to nautilus do today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonoidea


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\O


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My lastest addition

Mazon Creek - Ferns
Carboniferous +- 350 my
Largest one is 8cm

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\O \O \O


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Nice ones \O


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Ammonite death plate
10cm across
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Does it mean that they all died together in that place?


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