Ammonite fossils. As a species they became extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago, but were once common inhabitants of the s

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Ammonite fossils. As a species they became extinct at the same time as the dinosaurs, 65 million years ago, but were once common inhabitants of the shallow tropical seas which occupied Cleveland and North Yorkshire during the Lower Jurassic Period between around 200 million and 175 million years ago.

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Location: Port Mulgrave, North Yorkshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Stephen Street / Alamy / Afripics
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