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Now extinct, the ammonite fossil was a mollusc, a shelled cephalopod, usually appearing in a coiled, spiral shape. The extinction of ammonites coincided with the extinction of dinosaurs. Ammonites inhabited the world’s oceans and now appear as fossils in marine life. Ammonites were predatory, squid like creatures that lived inside coil-shaped shells. Now, that’s pretty… Read more