Ammonite

Ammonites are ancient chambered shell fossils.  Their imprints in dark gray  rock are evidence of the vast seas that covered much of North America at the end of the Mesozoic Era.  When ammonites were common, dinosaurs were disappearing and flowering plants were developing abundantly. These fossils are  relatives of the modern mollusks.

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