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Description: | Orthoceras is an extinct ancestor of the modern Nautilus. Unlike the coiled Nautilus, it had a long tapering cone-shaped shell, which was usually straight, but sometimes slightly curved. The largest of these measure over 4 metres long. Like the ammonites, it had tentacles, and possibly moved around by using a jet propulsion system, squirting water from its shell. They were among the largest predators of their time. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | fossils natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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