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Nautilus
Record Number
WDS270
Fossil Description
A single nautilus beak (ryncholite) free of matrix with some posterior damage
Taxonomy
Class
Cephalopoda
Order
Nautilida
General stratigraphy
(ex situ)
Formation
Charmouth Mudstone
Member
Black Ven Mudstone
Period
Jurassic
Epoch
Lower Jurassic
Age
Sinemurian
Location Area
The Spittles
Other Images
Date Of Find
02/11/2011
Date Recorded
14/11/2011
Common Name
Nautilus
Category
2