#mesozoicmonday

[sciencetoastudent]

Happy #MesozoicMonday / #MolluscMonday / #MarineBiologyMonday / #ScienceMonday! We call the Mesozoic the Age of Reptiles, but don't forget about ammonites! These beautiful shells housed a nautilus-looking cephalopod named after the Egyptian god Ammon due to their resemblance to Ammon's coiled ram horns. Ammonite fossils span the globe in abundance and range from pea sized to a span of the height of a human! Specimen on display @thankspoint #paleontology #science #usofscience #fossil #fossils #biology #zoology #animal #animals #geology #marinebiology #ammonite #sea #ocean #prehistoric #thanksgivingpoint #museumofancientlife #museum #saltlakecity #utah #cephalopod #mollusk (at Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point)

[underdonecomics]

Turtles and their ilk have been around for about 220 million years (since the late Triassic Period), and the stegosaurus walked around about 150 million years ago (in the late Jurassic Period). Despite the legend, turtles can flip over once they're upside-down. Unlike this particular stegosaurus. Thus making turtles one of the most successful groups of animals ever to flop around the earth #🐢 #mesozoicmonday #paleontology (at Seattle, Washington)