First Nation Shell Middens And True OystersOne of the now rare species of oysters in the Pacific Northwest is the Olympia oyster, Ostrea lurida...
Zenaspis: Lower Devonian Bony Fish Of Podolia, UkraineA Devonian bony fish mortality plate showing a lower shield of Zenaspis podolica (Lankester, 1869)...
Oil in Water Beauty: Euhoplites of FolkstoneSheer beauty — a beautiful Euhoplites ammonite from Folkstone, UK. These lovelies have a pleasing...
Carnotaurus sastrei: Flesh Eating BullCarnotaurus sastrei, a genus of large theropod dinosaurs that roamed the southern tip of Argentina...












A great temple to the god Amon was built at Karnak in Upper Egypt around c. 1785. It is from Amon that we get his cephalopod namesake, the ammonites and also the name origin for the compound ammonia or NH3. 

