Ammonite Fossil (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Ammonite Fossil

Caption

A 2009 image shows the excavation of a large ammonite on James Ross Island in Antarctica. The hole in the center was left when a core sample was extracted so the fossil could be dated using a process called magnetostratigraphy.

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Thomas Tobin/U. of Washington

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