Fossil Hunting!

Which is a Belemnite and which is an Ammonite?

Which is a Belemnite and which is an Ammonite?

Which is a Belemnite and which is an Ammonite?

This is what a living Belemnite would have looked like! The hard shell is inside the skin!

When we find fossils, we only find the hard shell from inside the Belemnite – and that has turned to stone over millions of years!

This is what the living Ammonite would have looked like. Like an octopus or squid living in a hard snail shell!

We only see the hard shell (turned into rock) when fossil hunting – the soft parts have all gone!

When alive, the Ammonite filled the spaces in it’s shell with gas – so it could float! It trumped to float!