{"id":13880,"date":"2024-07-11T15:08:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dinosauriermuseum.de\/am-info-17\/"},"modified":"2024-07-11T15:08:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:08:59","slug":"am-info-17","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dinosauriermuseum.de\/en\/am-info-17\/","title":{"rendered":"WHAT IS AN AMMONITE?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13880\" class=\"elementor elementor-13880\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b567430 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b567430\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eea6084 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eea6084\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">WHAT IS AN AMMONITE?<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef154dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef154dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Ammonites are extinct relatives of squid. 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