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Tag: nautilus

The Nautilus and the Ammonite
Fossils Palaeontology Urban, art & anthropology

The Nautilus and the Ammonite

13/04/2017

Ken Brooks (UK) This article was inspired by a poem in which an ammonite and a nautilus travel the world’s oceans for millions of years, until they are finally separated by extinction, and is based on a talk I gave on HDGS Members Day, on 18 July 2010. The nautilus … Read More

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Monster nautiluses of the Palaeozoic
Fossils Palaeontology

Monster nautiluses of the Palaeozoic

26/01/2016

Neale Monks (UK) The handful of nautilus species found in seas today are small, retiring animals that scavenge about at night, foraging for carrion and crustacean moults. However, nautiluses were not always so insignificant and, during the first half of the Palaeozoic Era especially, nautiluses were major predators, occupying the … Read More

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