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Prehistoric Lobsters Made Homes of Ancient Ammonoid

Shells by Brian Switek, Wired.com, March 12, 2012

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/prehistoric-lobsters-made-homes-of-ancient-ammonoid-shells/

This fossil shows lobsters knew how to cuddle msnbc.com

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46721831/ns/technology_and_science-science/

The paper is:

Klompmaker, A., and R. Fraaije, 2012, Animal Behavior

Frozen in Time: Gregarious Behavior of Early Jurassic

Lobsters within an Ammonoid Body Chamber.

PLoS ONE. vol. 7, no. 3. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031893

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0031893

best wishes,

Paul H.

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Oh snarge....

Now I have to go back through all those shale ammonites in the garage. Im not sure if I would have seen those lobsters in a quick once over.

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