First fruitful, then futile: Ammonites or the boon and bane of many offspring
Monday, April 23, 2012 - 10:36
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Ammonites changed their reproductive strategy from initially few and large offspring to numerous and small hatchlings. Thanks to their many offspring, they survived three mass extinctions, a research team headed by paleontologists from the University of Zurich has discovered.