Finding a 185million year old ammonite fossil 📹 yorkshire.fossils

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The process of fossilization involves the quick burial of an organism’s remains in sediment, which then becomes rock over time. The original organic materials may become petrified, replaced by minerals, or leave impressions in the rock.

A 185 million year old ammonite fossil

omg is it dead?

but how do you know before you found it?

Probably a little closer to 5,000 years old...

I never understood the gravity of the insult when I said my Grandma was as old as a fossil. Now I do, thank you science.

It’s hard to comprehend holding something that old in your hands.

185 million years, I can’t even fathom that