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Photo Gallery: Sea Monsters
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Image: A bacculite
Image: A bacculiteImage: A bananogmiusImage: A caproberyxImage: A enchodusImage: A gillicusImage: A kronosaurusImage: A nothosaurImage: A protostegaImage: A squalicoraxImage: A squidImage: A styxosaurusImage: A temno
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Also called a straight ammonite, Bacculite is an ammonite mollusk with a straight, not spiraled, shell.
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