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Description: | Cenoceras was a nautiloid, a sea creature that is related to the modern Pearly Nautilus that lives in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean. It would have had tentacles, and swum through the sea looking for small animals to eat. The shell of Cenoceras is similar to the shells of ammonites. The main difference between the shells of ammonites and nautiloids is the suture lines, which are formed where the walls of the inner growth chambers meet the shell. In ammonites, these are usually quite frilly, like a piece of lace. In nautiloids, like this one, they have more of a smooth, curved shape. | 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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