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