|
Date: |
|
Description: | Specimen of a fossil ammonite, Skolekostephanus skolex, collected from unspecified rocks of Middle Jurassic age from Bridport, Dorset (SW England). Collected by G. Ruppell.
Ammonites are found in all different sizes. Some are only a few millimetres across, while others are more than a metre wide. Ammonites died out at the same time as the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago. They looked a bit like the modern Nautilus that lives in the Pacific Ocean. Ammonites used a jet propulsion system to help them move around. By squirting a jet of water from their shell, they could move backwards very quickly.
The specimen was found in Dorset.
It is from the Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | G. Cephalopoda Classification: Animalia Invertebrata Ammonoidea Mollusca Ruppell | Temporal: | Jurassic period (206 - 144 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
|
More Like this...
-
-
-
-
Ammonite
An ammonite from Jurassic rocks…
-
-
-
-
-
Ammonite
Aegoceras lataecosta was an ammonite…
-
|