Evidence for ammonite survival into the Paleogene era is solid, a new study confirms, indicating that these ancient mollusks were well positioned to inherit oceans now cleared of competitors. Yet for ...

Now, evidence suggests that some of these spiral-shaped species did manage to persist after all. Recent analysis of ammonite ...

Ammonites, echinoids, and brachiopods, oh my! During large periods of Earth's geological history, huge swaths of the United Kingdom were immersed beneath a prehistoric sea. Fast forward to today, the ...

Fossils from Denmark suggest ammonites survived the asteroid extinction far longer than believed, raising new questions about how these ancient marine survivors finally disappeared after Earth’s most ...

In the aftermath of the giant asteroid that crashed into the Yucatan Peninsula about 66 million years ago, approximately 75% of all species on Earth were wiped out, including the dinosaurs. Among ...

Contrary to popular belief, ammonites, ancient marine mollusks, survived the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs. Recent fossil discoveries in Denmark indicate some ammonite species persisted ...

Some 66 million years ago, mammals caught their lucky break. An asteroid crashed into what is now Chicxulub, Mexico, and set off a catastrophic chain of events that led to the annihilation of nonavian ...