Nautiloid - Lituites

A partial fossil of a curled part of a Lituites from China, selected specially for your order.

Sizes varies  3 to 4 cm

Nautiloids are members of a large diverse group of marine Cephalopods, first appearing in the late Cambrian (497 to 491 million years ago) with their descendents represented today - Nautilus and Allonautilus.

Predatory animals with a wide variety of shell shapes, with about 2500 fossil species are known



example of a complete Lituites fossilThis specimen sold