A day in the life of an ammonite
Thursday, January 14, 2016 - 08:20
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Several years ago, back when I was working as the lab and collections manager for the St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site in St. George, Utah, we constructed a temporary exhibit with hundreds of ammonite shells from all over the world. One of our museum volunteers, an older French lady volunteering as a museum greeter and docent, refused to look at or go near the cabinet of ammonite shells. Confused, I asked her for her thoughts on the display. She shuddered, "Ack, they look like little snakes, coiled and ready to attack."
