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The mystery of the ammonites
In my own field, all of these elements have recently coalesced to solve one of
the longest-running mysteries in paleontology: Why did ammonites, whose
closest living relative is the chambered nautilus, have such complex sutures
(the intersection of their chambers and shell walls) ? And why did these sutures,
"Virtual ammonites" created hy computer, with some of the data illus-
trating that increasingly complex sutures led to weaker shells.
