An Ammonite's Tongue (IMAGE)

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility

An Ammonite's Tongue

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This is a 3-D reconstruction of the radula (a tongue-like anatomical structure used by molluscs for feeding) of one of the Baculites fossils (AMNH 6653).

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I. Kruta/MNHN

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