Cambrian shell fossils reveal predator-prey battles shaped evolution, as predators attacked and prey adapted by developing ...

A fossil can be studied to determine ... Some minerals in rocks and organic matter (e.g., wood, bones, and shells) can contain radioactive isotopes. The abundances of parent and daughter isotopes ...

Tennessee decided to award a tiny marine creature, which lived in warm, ancient seas millions of years ago, the title of ...

Commonly, fossil shells made of aragonite will recrystallize into a more stable form of the same ... In the Kits: #3: Brachiopod Molds - Sometimes after an organism gets buried in rock, its original ...

Ammonites added new chambers to their shell as they grew. The animal only lived in one of these chambers and used the other spaces to help it float. Some ammonite species were tiny, others as big as a ...

Fossilised shells are also body fossils. Other fossilised signs of a plant or animal ... but gradually fossils become exposed at the surface where we can find them. 'Because of how they form, fossils ...

Ammonite fossils, an example is shown here, are sea creatures that became extinct about 65 million years ago. Fossil remains have been found in rocks of all ages. Fossils of the simplest organisms ...

Fossils of the shell-like creature ... he noticed a distinct feature on a rock surface. Suspecting it might house dinosaur egg fossils, his hunch was later confirmed by experts from a local ...

He revealed that he had mainly found shell fossils, including sea lily, in the mountains or by the seaside around 10 years ago in Europe.

CARSON CITY, Nev. (KOLO) -The Western Nevada College Geology Club holds its annual Rock, Mineral and Fossil Sale Friday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. in Room 322 of the Bristlecone Building on the Carson ...

The fossil that was originally interpreted to be a plant, but researchers have now discovered is the inside of the shell of a baby turtle. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for ...