Nautilus Fossil | France Formation Michela & Young

Michela & Young

Their fossil shells usually take the form of planispirals

which suggests the hunting strategy of contemporary lionesses

this specimen dates to approximately 180 million years ago

Nautilus Fossil | France Formation Michela & YoungCenoceras sp. Jurassic (201 184 million years ago) Belmont, France Specimen approx. size: 5" x 4. 5" x 3" Cenoceras is an extinct genus of nautiloid cephalopods that thrived from the Late Triassic to the Early Cretaceous. It belongs to the order Nautilida, which includes modern nautiluses. This genus is among the most common and well documented nautiloids from the Jurassic period. Morphological Description Cenoceras had a relatively simple, involute