Patrick Aldrich

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Ammonoids, meanwhile, extended their tremendous diversity of form and habit to their jaws. Some, like coleoids, built them with chitin; others, like nautiloids, built theirs with calcium. And some ammonoids expanded, flattened, and modified their lower jaw almost beyond recognition.
Monarchs of the Sea: The Extraordinary 500-Million-Year History of Cephalopods
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