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Description: | Specimen of a fossil nautiloid, Vestinautilus carinferus, collected from unspecified rocks of Early Carboniferous, Brigantian or Pendleian age from Redesdale, Northumberland (NE England). Collected by John Dunn.
The coiled shell of this fossil has been dissolved away revealing the internal septa (walls) and chambers. The animal was similar to a squid and lived in the outermost chamber of the shell and the smaller chambers were filled with gas that made Vestinautilus buoyant. Nautiloids lived near the surface of the sea and swam using jet propulsion, forcing water out of their bodies. They were carnivores and fed mainly on shrimps, crabs and fish they caught in their tentacles.
The specimen was found in Northumberland.
It is from the Carboniferous period (362 - 290 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Cephalopoda Dunn Classification: Animalia Invertebrata John Mollusca | Temporal: | Carboniferous period (362 - 290 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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