2.4" Fossil Orthoconic Nautiloid - Bear Gulch Limestone, Montana

This is a fossil nautiloid that was collected from the Bear Gulch limestone of Fergus County, Montana. It is an orthoconic nautiloid, meaning it has a cone shape as opposed to the spiral shape seen in many nautiloids. It is

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Goniatites possessed a shell divided internally into chambers filled with gas for buoyancy. An open chamber at the front of the shell provided living space for the animal. The general morphology and habit of goniatites was probably similar to that of their later relatives the ammonites: they swam freely and possessed heads with two well developed eyes and arms.
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DETAILS
SPECIES
Unidentified Nautiloid
LOCATION
Fergus County, Montana
FORMATION
Bear Gulch Limestone - Heath Shale Formation
SIZE
2.4” long nautiloid on a 3.4 x 1.6" rock
ITEM
#130254
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