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Also Known As Ammonoida • Ammonoidea • ammonite

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ammonite fossils
ammonite fossils
Illustration of various early sea animals on an ocean floor, including jellyfish, ammonites, crinoids, sponges, trilobites, brachiopods, sea scorpions, and a sea snail, with each species labeled.
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Friedrich August Quenstedt
German mineralogist and paleontologist
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William Joscelyn Arkell
British paleontologist

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