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far more prosaic cause: They appear to be nothing more exotic than the rest-
ing holes of circular marine snails called limpets; resting holes are small de-
pressions that limpets drill into the shell or rock that serves as a home terri-
tory. Such a radical reinterpretation has predictably caused howls of protest.
What is the origin of this interpretation, first made in 1960, that the circular
Diagram showing ammonite shell and position of so-called mosasaur
bite marks. (From Kauffman and Kesling, 1960.)
