Ammonites and Dinosaurs RSS

Yes you read that right - 65 million years old!  Well, maybe the earrings I made aren't exactly that old, I just finished them last week, but hear me out! The Ammonite fossils in these newest earrings are from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods of our earth's history; they went extinct about the same time as dinosaurs did.  They were prolific breeders, and therefore are some of the most abundant fossils that are found today. They do have a surviving relative in today's world, it is called the Nautilus, which is currently found in the western pacific ocean. The spiral you...