Famous Extinct Sea Creature Somehow Wound Up in 99-Million-Year-Old Tree Resin
An incredible 99-million-year-old chunk of amber contains several trapped marine gastropods, as well as an extinct ammonite, according to a new paper. Amber is fossilized tree resin, and occasionally it preserves bits of plant and animal matter, like insects and bird feathers. But in this case, scientists from China, the United Kingdom, and the United…
