Name/Title
NautiloidsEntry/Object ID
2011.57.129Description
Crystal System: Hexagonal System
Description: Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Cephalopoda
Sub-Class: Nautiloidea
Common Name: Nautiloids
Age: Ordovician
Location: Morocco
Description: Large, polished slab with multiple fossils in a linear pattern. All are banded nautiloids in a 3-D matrix with light tan to gray fossils.
Physical Characteristics:
Nautiloids are a large and diverse group of marine cephalopods (Mollusca) belonging to the subclass Nautiloidea that began in the Late Cambrian and are represented today by the living Nautilus. Nautiloids flourished during the early Paleozoic era, where they constituted the main predatory animals, and developed an extraordinary diversity of shell shapes and forms. Some 2,500 species of fossil nautiloids are known, but only a handful of species survive to the present day.
Fracture: Conchoidal
Genus: Orthonyboceras
Grain Size: Fine
Hardness: 3 Calcite
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Luster: Vitreous
Class: Cephalopopda
Phylum: Mollusca
Rock Origin: Terrestrial
Rock Type: Sedimentary
Streak: white
Subspecies: nautiloideaCollection
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition
Accession
2011.57Source or Donor
Museum Collection of FossilsAcquisition Method
Long-term LoanDimensions
Width
21-1/2 inDepth
2 inLength
27-1/2 inLocation
Location
Shelf
Center, CenterWall
NorthRoom
Delmar Smith HallBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
PermanentMoved By
Steve MillerDate
August 9, 2011Location
Room
Fossil RoomBuilding
Crater Rock MuseumCategory
Permanent
