New Ammonite From An Ancient Saltwater Lake

Sunday, January 23, 2011 - 20:31 in Paleontology & Archaeology

A new fossil cephalopod has turned up in the news! It's funny cuz I was just pondering ammonites recently. "It is a new species of squid, totally new, that has not been seen in other parts of the world," paleontologist Klaus Honninger told AFP. Honninger, director of the Meyer-Honninger Paleontology Museum in the northern city of Chiclayo, said the fossil was a large cephalopod of the extinct Baculite species, known for their long straight shells. read more

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