Did You Know?

Some ammonoids had shells like a spiral!

What They Looked Like

Ammonoids had round, hard shells.

Where They Lived

They swam in warm seas long ago.

What ammonoids Did

They swam fast in the sea.

They ate small fish and plants.

They had many types and shapes.

They lived for millions of years.

They helped make rocks we see now.

They are part of our Earth’s past.

More About ammonoids

Ammonoids lived a long time ago, before dinosaurs. They first came about 400 million years back. They were in the sea for many years. Then, they went extinct around 66 million years ago.

We learn about ammonoids from their shells. These shells can be found in rocks. They help us know what the sea was like. They show us how life has changed.

Some ammonoids had shells that were very big. They are now fossils. Fossils help us learn about the past. Ammonoids are cool because they were once part of our Earth!

How Topics Connect

graph TD A["Ammonoids"] --> B["Subclass Ammonoidea"] B --> C["Related to Octopuses, Squid, Cuttlefish"] A --> D["Resemble Nautiluses"] E["Earliest Ammonoids"] --> F["Emsian Stage (410-408 million years ago)"] G["Last Species"] --> H["Cretaceous–Paleogene Extinction (66 million years ago)"] F --> G

What Do These Words Mean?

Ammonoids:Extinct sea creatures with coiled shells, related to octopuses and squid.
Cephalopods:A group of sea animals that includes octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish.
Extinction event:A time when many species die out at once.
Jurassic:A period in Earth's history when many dinosaurs lived.
Paleogene:A time period after the dinosaurs, when mammals started to become more common.