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AINOCERAS: A CUTE AS YOU PLEASE HETEROMORPH FROM VANCOUVER ISLAND

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Author: FossilHuntress
Date: 2025-02-14 02:06:00
Blog: ARCHEA
URL: https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2025/02/ainoceras-cute-as-you-please.html

Summary:

A wee baby deep chocolate Ainoceras sp. heteromorph ammonite from Vancouver Island. This adorable corkscrew-shaped ammonite is an extinct marine mollusc related to squid and octopus.  Within their shells, they had a number of chambers, called septa, filled with gas or fluid that were interconnected by a wee air tube. By pushing air in or out, they were able to control their

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