The shell of this fossilised Ammonite of the Phyllocarus family shows the complex suture lines marking the individual gas filled chambers
The shell of this fossilised Ammonite of the Phyllocarus family shows the complex suture lines marking the individual septa, or internal gas filled chambers of the shell
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Location: Whitby, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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