Are Ammonoids something you eat?
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Cutaway view of Ammonite fossilsNo, they’d be a bit too hard to bite. Ammonoids are a form of water life that became extinct at the end of the Cretaceous Period (65 million years ago). They are one of the more commonly found fossils.

They had a tightly coiled shell that was divided in many chambers a lot like today’s nautilus. Scientist believe their shell was so strong that they could survive at a depth of 100 meters. No one really knows why the Ammonoids vanished but it happened at around the same time the dinosaurs became extinct.

 

Ammonite Natural History Image

3D Realistic Natural History Image by Surface Vision

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Ruth Baker said:

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 Definately don't want to eat these
I think escargot tastes awful. I wouldn't eat these if they weren't extinct. smilies/grin.gif
 
October 26, 2008
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