Researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus recently discovered four rare Palau nautiluses, ancient cephalopods also known as "living fossils," in the deep waters near the German Channel. The sighting, ...
Researchers aboard the E/V Nautilus recently discovered four rare Palau nautiluses, ancient cephalopods also known as "living fossils," in the deep waters near the German Channel. The sighting ...
Tusoteuthis was a giant squid nearly equal in size to those that ply the oceans today—with their tentacles stretched out, the ancient cephalopods may have measured 25 to 35 feet (8 to 11 meters ...
These cephalopods make for ideal index fossils ... Ammonite fossils also reveal information about ancient climates, as the sites where they are unearthed must have once been covered by ancient ...
Such studies help bridge the gap between modern and ancient cephalopod ecology, enhancing our understanding of ammonite paleoecology. Finally, the taphonomic history of ammonoid faunas has been ...