Tag: nautiloid
-
Fossil Reveals Ancient Seafloor Communities
An artist’s reconstruction of the tube-like animals attached to the dead phragmocone..Credit…Franz Anthony The New York Times Trilobites column has a story about some very old ocean floor communities. Research published recently in the journal Communications Biology looked at a 480-million-year-old cephalopod from Morocco that was posthumously converted into a condominium. It’s the earliest known…
-
PBS Eons: Nautiloids Thrived For 500 Million Years Until These Guys Showed Up
PBS Eons has a new episode. Nautiloids were once much more common, then something happened to threaten their existence. Around 30 million years ago, a new group of predators began to push nautiloids from their former global range into a single remaining refuge. But who were these predators?
-
Fossil Friday #1: Silurian Nautiloids from the Chicago Area
This is the “Fossil Friday” post #1. Expect this to be a somewhat regular feature of the website. We will post any fossil pictures you send in to esconi.info@gmail.com. Please include a short description or story. Check the #FossilFriday Twitter hash tag for contributions from around the world! These are Silurian nautiloids from the Chicago…
