Therefore, any aragonite which was covered by the carbonate-rich mud would be protected from dissolution, even if there was oxygen in the water. Carbonate-rich mud is alkaline and can produce a buffering affect, resisting increases in acidity. This is so that they can be sold to pay for the petrol needed to make field trips by vertebrate palaeontologists, who are interested in real fossils.After the ammonites died and their shells sank to the sea floor, they would have come to rest on carbonate-rich mud. The Creator made ammonites pretty and planted them in rocks. One giant ammonoid fossil off the coast of Nigeria for example (the Goniatite Field) was discovered in 2001 and is currently producing 23,000 bpd. ![]() The tentacles of the ammonoid are rich in both iodine and organic matter trapped within their compartments can also biodegrade and produce commercial volumes of petroleum which can be highly valuable when they are buried deeper than 7.5m to enter the oil / gas windows at 24-28 degrees Celsius. The high organic content also allows them to be used as an alternative fuel source to coal, although in France they tend to be eaten as a regional delicacy instead. ![]() Size of the Jurassic Giant Ammonite Goniatitina Humungous in relation to present day world buildings (and no, they're not belemnites).Īmmonite is widely used for crushing to produce fertilisers and liming products due to their Ca-rich fossil components. Similar to humans and dolphins today, ammonoids were also the only animals that had sex for pleasure during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. ![]() The Giant Ammonoid ( Goniatitina Humungous) which lived during the Late Jurassic was larger than the Eiffel Tower and therefore created small islands when they swam into shallow waters. It is more likely that the ammonite would have eaten the sharks however due to the higher number of sharks teeth commonly found within the compartments of fossilised ammonoids.Īmmonoids are some of the longest living species of Earth as fossil records date them from present day, all the way back to the Precambrian with fossils being discovered with Precambrian limestones at Lyme Regis in Southern England. Palaeontologists believe that ammonites in the straight belemnite position would have acted as excellent tooth picks for sharks (much like birds do for crocodiles today) before they rolled up and may have been bitten accidentally. However, it is common to find cristine bites upon the outer shell of several ancient racecars. ![]() Their calcite shells formed of aragornite (or sometimes pyrite) are also split up into several compartments which allows them to store different types of food and fluids throughout them salt water in one, fresh water and meat products in another for faster digestion. Their coiled appearance allows them to trap and constrict any larger penisses or boobied sea creatures in which it can take up to 12 days to constrict a small whale (15 weeks for a Blue Whale). Zoologists later discovered that they are indeed the same fat testie animal, just that they roll themselves in to their ball sacks up when hunting or when in the phetal position (how most dead fossils appear). These strange creatures used to confuse scientists with the difference in testicular size between ammonites and Mesozoic dildo-like creatures known as belemnites. Ammonoids (or Tacos in Greek) are benthic marine organisms, meaning that they spend the majority of their lives breast feeding / scavaging on the vaginal sea bed.
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