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Switek's first book, Written in Stone, will be published next year by Bellevue Literary Press.
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Photo of the Day #750: Dactylioceras
Category: Inverts • Paleontology • Photography
Posted on: November 1, 2009 10:44 AM, by Brian Switek
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Oh wow! I really like this one.
Posted by: Rowan | November 1, 2009 4:04 PM
Dactylioceras ammonites were one of the types once (pre-Darwin) commonly carved to have snake-like heads and sold as petrified snakes.
http://images.google.com/images?ndsp=18&hl=en&safe=off&um=1&sa=3&q=snakestone&btnG=Search+images
Some nice clusters available on Ebay, too. Look at the ones that are in the $400+ range (I'm no no way connected to the sellers)
http://shop.ebay.com/i.html?LH_IncludeSIF=1&LH_AvailTo=1&_nkw=Dactylioceras
Posted by: Darren Garrison | November 1, 2009 11:39 PM