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"Great is the power of memory that dwells in places." (from Cicero)

Costidiscus

Costidiscus

On course for extinction

Ammonites sometimes look very similar to each other thanks to their history spanning over 300 million years. They have a planispiral shell more or less marked with ridges and tubercles. Yet they can be classified also on the basis of inner characters, so that there is never a perfect repetition. As a result, this ammonite from the Cretaceous period may always be distinguished from its ancestors.

Main category:
Geology
Subcategory:
Fossils
Epoch:Cretaceous
Area(s):Selva Gardena
GPS coordinates:@11.80055,46.59056

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Der Paläontologe Prof. Andrea Tintori erklärt in dieser Videoserie was uns die Fossilien der geo-paläontologischen Sammlung des Museums Gherdëina von der Entstehung der Dolomiten erzählen.