Orthoceras Handwired Pendant (REF:HWO1)

Hand wired by us at London Fossils and Crystals this Orthoceras is hand wired using an aluminium plated wire.

  

Orthoceras ("straight horn") is an extinct nautiloid cephalopod.

The shell of Orthoceras is shaped like a slowly tapering cylindrical cone, and is made up of closely spaced concavo-convex chambers, joined together by a centrally placed tube called a siphuncle (the tube connecting the chambers of the shell).

Orthoceras was an active swimmer, with the shell positioned horizontally in the water. It scavenged and predated on small animals.