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What is an ammonite?
Ammonites are coiled shells that are commonly found as fossils. We think that creatures resembling squid lived inside these shells, with their tentacles sticking out. Ammonites ruled the ancient seas before the first fish evolved.
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An ammonite fossil
 
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