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PREHISTORIC CEPHALOPOD FOSSILS 🦖 When ammonite fossils were first discovered, one of the explanations was that they were the petrified remains of coiled up snakes they even came to be known as 'snakestones'. But actually, ammonites weren't reptiles. They were prehistoric ocean-dwelling molluscs, more specifically, cephalopods. The word cephalopod literally means "head foot" in Greek and is a reference to the way the creatures legs/arms/tentacles are attached directly to its head. There are abou

214K views · 2.5K reactions | Ammonite called crucilobiceras I found along the Dorset Jurassic coast a while ago Charmouth is famous all Over the world for being able to pick up ammonites just lying on the beach | Charmouth Fossils | Facebook