Title: Ammonites are fractals Post by: v_orloff on October 15, 2016, 01:16:59 PM Reviewed recently an ammonite fossil bought as a souvenir and noted some strange patterns on it. (unfortunately, image seems not to display for unknown reason, so give an url too) (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7eE58QMttWhbE1WZDVNUHRMU0k) https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7eE58QMttWhbE1WZDVNUHRMU0k (https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7eE58QMttWhbE1WZDVNUHRMU0k) I explored them better and understood that’s fractal patterns and all the fossil is a fractal crystal (here is already one a topic at least dedicated to fossil’s fractals). And it is probably widely known fact. But I met a big question. As it is supposed to consider ammonites are fossilized ancient shells, but how does it match with such a fractal structure? To my mind fractal grows on its own way. For what fractal needs to replicate any other shape? Why couldn’t it grow by itself? As I know, the single fractal has the one only center of growth, and at fossilization there are a lot of ones. So I drew a conclusion that ammonites never were any live beings, they were always just stones. Can anybody say something about to confirm or disprove my thoughts? Title: Re: Ammonites are fractals Post by: Sabine on October 15, 2016, 03:50:54 PM Maybe this will help you further (especially the bit about suture marks)
http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/ammonites.htm Title: Re: Ammonites are fractals Post by: v_orloff on October 15, 2016, 04:31:10 PM Thanks, there are very similar images: (http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/ammonite_sutures.jpg) (http://www.discoveringfossils.co.uk/ammonite_sutures2.jpg) It's more interesting how do ammonites concern shells As I see no way |